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Mistaken Quotes

I have the courage to be mistaken Picture Quote #1

Is it not true that no two human beings understand anything whatsoever about each other, that those who consider themselves bosom friends may be utterly mistaken about their fellow and, failing to realize this sad truth throughout a lifetime, weep when they read in the newspapers about his death? Picture Quote #1

I do spend a great deal of time alone. I'm not very gregarious. I don't like parties and miscellaneous gatherings with no particular purpose. I think parties are largely a mistake. The bigger they are the more mistaken they are Picture Quote #1

For whoever believes that great advancement and new benefits make men forget old injuries is mistaken Picture Quote #1

So you love war. I used to think you were a decent man. But I see now I was mistaken. You're a hero Picture Quote #1

Do not, I beseech you, be troubled about the increase of forces already in dissolution. You have mistaken the hour of the night; it is already morning Picture Quote #1

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Some have mistaken blocks and posts, for spectres, apparitions, ghosts, with saucer eyes and horns; and some have heard the devil beat a drum Picture Quote #1

It is falling in love with our own mistaken ideas that makes fools and beggars of half mankind Picture Quote #1

To avoid being mistaken for a sellout, I chose my friends carefully. The more politically active black students. The foreign students. The Chicanos. The Marxist professors and structural feminists and punk rock performance poets Picture Quote #1

The vices of the rich and great are mistaken for error; and those of the poor and lowly, for crimes Picture Quote #1

President Obama's call for nearly a half - trillion dollars in more government stimulus when America has more than $14 trillion in debt is guided by his mistaken belief that we can spend our way to prosperity Picture Quote #1

Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents Picture Quote #1

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He was so benevolent, so merciful a man that, in his mistaken passion, he would have held an umbrella over a duck in a shower of rain Picture Quote #1

When I was young I was sure of everything; in a few years, having been mistaken a thousand times, I was not half so sure of most things as I was before; at present, I am hardly sure of anything but what God has revealed to me Picture Quote #1

There is a holy, mistaken zeal in politics, as well as in religion. By persuading others, we convince ourselves Picture Quote #1

All social inequalities which have ceased to be considered expedient, assume the character not of simple inexpediency, but of injustice, and appear so tyrannical, that people are apt to wonder how they ever could have. been tolerated; forgetful that they themselves perhaps tolerate other inequalities under an equally mistaken notion of expediency, the correction of which would make that which they approve seem quite as monstrous as what they have at last learnt to condemn Picture Quote #1

He who thinks the lives of Priam and of Nestor were long is much deceived and mistaken. Life consists not in living, but in enjoying health Picture Quote #1

The man who thinks he can live without others is mistaken; the one who thinks others can’t live without him is even more deluded Picture Quote #1

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We gave up some of our country to the white men, thinking that then we could have peace. We were mistaken. The white man would not let us alone Picture Quote #1

I got briefly mistaken for someone who might be good in bed, which was very, very good Picture Quote #1

So long as I confine my thoughts to my own ideas divested of words, I do not see how I can be easily mistaken Picture Quote #1

I can think that you are mistaken, but I have to be ready to give my life to maintain your right to make mistakes. I have to, though, have the right to say that you’re mistaken. This is the principal of the liberal society Picture Quote #1

I think I’ve kind of been mistaken for somebody who’s trying to be a spokesperson for animal rights, and the fact is I’m not qualified to be a spokesperson. I am passionate about it, but I’m not trying to make other people do what I do Picture Quote #1

The belief may be too often mistaken, but the illusion of coming into direct contact with the past is intoxicating and persuasive, and can result in an interpretation that carries conviction. Sometimes confidence is all that’s needed Picture Quote #1

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If we notice a few errors in the work of a proven master, we may and even will often be correct; if we believe, however, that he is completely and utterly mistaken, we are in danger of missing his entire concept Picture Quote #1

There exists, if I am not mistaken, an entire world which is the totality of mathematical truths, to which we have access only with our mind, just as a world of physical reality exists, the one like the other independent of ourselves, both of divine creation Picture Quote #1

I want you to give all these chiefs of the soldiers here to understand that we are for peace, and that we have made peace, that we may not be mistaken by them for enemies Picture Quote #1

I love good and pleasure, I hate evil and pain, I want to be happy and I am not mistaken in believing, that people, angels and even demons have those same inclinations Picture Quote #1

An opinion, right or wrong, can never constitute a moral offense, nor be in itself a moral obligation. It may be mistaken; it may involve an absurdity, or a contradiction. It is a truth; or it is an error: it can never be a crime or a virtue Picture Quote #1

Thought that is silenced is always rebellious. Majorities, of course, are often mistaken. This is why the silencing of minorities is necessarily dangerous. Criticism and dissent are the indispensable antidote to major delusions Picture Quote #1

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I have the courage to be mistaken (Mistaken Quotes) Is it not true that no two human beings understand anything whatsoever about each other, that those who consider themselves bosom friends may be utterly mistaken about their fellow and, failing to realize this sad truth throughout a lifetime, weep when they read in the newspapers about his death? (Mistaken Quotes) I do spend a great deal of time alone. I'm not very gregarious. I don't like parties and miscellaneous gatherings with no particular purpose. I think parties are largely a mistake. The bigger they are the more mistaken they are (Mistaken Quotes) For whoever believes that great advancement and new benefits make men forget old injuries is mistaken (Mistaken Quotes) So you love war. I used to think you were a decent man. But I see now I was mistaken. You're a hero (Mistaken Quotes) Do not, I beseech you, be troubled about the increase of forces already in dissolution. You have mistaken the hour of the night; it is already morning (Mistaken Quotes) Some have mistaken blocks and posts, for spectres, apparitions, ghosts, with saucer eyes and horns; and some have heard the devil beat a drum (Mistaken Quotes) It is falling in love with our own mistaken ideas that makes fools and beggars of half mankind (Mistaken Quotes) To avoid being mistaken for a sellout, I chose my friends carefully. The more politically active black students. The foreign students. The Chicanos. The Marxist professors and structural feminists and punk rock performance poets (Mistaken Quotes) The vices of the rich and great are mistaken for error; and those of the poor and lowly, for crimes (Mistaken Quotes) President Obama's call for nearly a half - trillion dollars in more government stimulus when America has more than $14 trillion in debt is guided by his mistaken belief that we can spend our way to prosperity (Mistaken Quotes) Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents (Mistaken Quotes) He was so benevolent, so merciful a man that, in his mistaken passion, he would have held an umbrella over a duck in a shower of rain (Mistaken Quotes) When I was young I was sure of everything; in a few years, having been mistaken a thousand times, I was not half so sure of most things as I was before; at present, I am hardly sure of anything but what God has revealed to me (Mistaken Quotes) There is a holy, mistaken zeal in politics, as well as in religion. By persuading others, we convince ourselves (Mistaken Quotes) All social inequalities which have ceased to be considered expedient, assume the character not of simple inexpediency, but of injustice, and appear so tyrannical, that people are apt to wonder how they ever could have. been tolerated; forgetful that they themselves perhaps tolerate other inequalities under an equally mistaken notion of expediency, the correction of which would make that which they approve seem quite as monstrous as what they have at last learnt to condemn (Mistaken Quotes) He who thinks the lives of Priam and of Nestor were long is much deceived and mistaken. Life consists not in living, but in enjoying health (Mistaken Quotes) The man who thinks he can live without others is mistaken; the one who thinks others can’t live without him is even more deluded (Mistaken Quotes) We gave up some of our country to the white men, thinking that then we could have peace. We were mistaken. The white man would not let us alone (Mistaken Quotes) I got briefly mistaken for someone who might be good in bed, which was very, very good (Mistaken Quotes) So long as I confine my thoughts to my own ideas divested of words, I do not see how I can be easily mistaken (Mistaken Quotes) I can think that you are mistaken, but I have to be ready to give my life to maintain your right to make mistakes. I have to, though, have the right to say that you’re mistaken. This is the principal of the liberal society (Mistaken Quotes) I think I’ve kind of been mistaken for somebody who’s trying to be a spokesperson for animal rights, and the fact is I’m not qualified to be a spokesperson. I am passionate about it, but I’m not trying to make other people do what I do (Mistaken Quotes) The belief may be too often mistaken, but the illusion of coming into direct contact with the past is intoxicating and persuasive, and can result in an interpretation that carries conviction. Sometimes confidence is all that’s needed (Mistaken Quotes) If we notice a few errors in the work of a proven master, we may and even will often be correct; if we believe, however, that he is completely and utterly mistaken, we are in danger of missing his entire concept (Mistaken Quotes) There exists, if I am not mistaken, an entire world which is the totality of mathematical truths, to which we have access only with our mind, just as a world of physical reality exists, the one like the other independent of ourselves, both of divine creation (Mistaken Quotes) I want you to give all these chiefs of the soldiers here to understand that we are for peace, and that we have made peace, that we may not be mistaken by them for enemies (Mistaken Quotes) I love good and pleasure, I hate evil and pain, I want to be happy and I am not mistaken in believing, that people, angels and even demons have those same inclinations (Mistaken Quotes) An opinion, right or wrong, can never constitute a moral offense, nor be in itself a moral obligation. It may be mistaken; it may involve an absurdity, or a contradiction. It is a truth; or it is an error: it can never be a crime or a virtue (Mistaken Quotes) Thought that is silenced is always rebellious. Majorities, of course, are often mistaken. This is why the silencing of minorities is necessarily dangerous. Criticism and dissent are the indispensable antidote to major delusions (Mistaken Quotes)

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