Mistakes are the portals of discovery.

Quote by James Joyce

Topics: Discovery Quotes, Mistakes Quotes

If Ireland is to become a new Ireland she must first become European.

If Ireland is to become a new Ireland she must first become European.

Writing in English is the most ingenious torture ever devised for sins committed in previous...

Writing in English is the most ingenious torture ever devised for sins committed in previous...

Well and what's cheese? Corpse of milk.

Well and what's cheese? Corpse of milk.

Men are governed by lines of intellect - women: by curves of emotion.

Men are governed by lines of intellect - women: by curves of emotion.

Resignation is the timid sign of courage

Resignation is the timid sign of courage

Your battles inspired me - not the obvious material battles but those that were fought...

Your battles inspired me - not the obvious material battles but those that were fought...

Love (understood as the desire of good for another) is in fact so unnatural a...

Love (understood as the desire of good for another) is in fact so unnatural a...

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

Nations have their ego, just like individuals.

Nations have their ego, just like individuals.

I fear those big words which make us so unhappy.

I fear those big words which make us so unhappy.

Ireland sober is Ireland stiff.

Ireland sober is Ireland stiff.

Satan, really, is the romantic youth of Jesus re-appearing for a moment.

Satan, really, is the romantic youth of Jesus re-appearing for a moment.

A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals...

A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals...

My mouth is full of decayed teeth and my soul of decayed ambitions.

My mouth is full of decayed teeth and my soul of decayed ambitions.

Poetry, even when apparently most fantastic, is always a revolt against artifice, a revolt, in...

Poetry, even when apparently most fantastic, is always a revolt against artifice, a revolt, in...

Her companionship was like a warm soil about an exotic.

Her companionship was like a warm soil about an exotic.

A corpse is meat gone bad. Well and what's cheese? Corpse of milk.

A corpse is meat gone bad. Well and what's cheese? Corpse of milk.

No pen, no ink, no table, no room, no time, no quiet, no inclination.

No pen, no ink, no table, no room, no time, no quiet, no inclination.

Shakespeare is the happy hunting ground of all minds that have lost their balance.

Shakespeare is the happy hunting ground of all minds that have lost their balance.

When I die Dublin will be written in my heart.

When I die Dublin will be written in my heart.