Making mistakes is human ... repeating 'em is too.
Interpretation
Mistakes are a natural part of being human, but failing to learn from them is a common flaw.
This quote highlights the importance of recognizing that making mistakes is an inherent part of the human experience. It suggests that while everyone makes errors, true wisdom lies in the ability to reflect on those mistakes and avoid repeating them. The essence of learning is understanding our missteps and striving to grow from them.
In practice
In a team meeting about project failures, you could say, 'Remember, making mistakes is human... repeating 'em is too.'
Over the years, I've evolved a somewhat heretical but time-and mind-saving approach to books, articles, editorials that deal with weighty matters. More often than not, by beginning at the end and contemplating the conclusions, one can determine if it's worth going through the whole to get there.
Those who enjoy responsibility usually get it; those who merely like exercising authority usually lose it.
To live long and achieve happiness, cultivate the art of radiating happiness.
The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
If you never budge, don't expect a push.
It's never a good deal when only one party thinks it is.
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.
I have not wasted my life trifling with literary fools in taverns, as Johnson did, when he should have been shaking England with the thunder of his spirit
For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human.
By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property.
Things always become obvious after the fact
But man postpones or remembers; he does not live in the present, but with reverted eye laments the past, or, heedless of the riches that surround him, stands on tiptoe to foresee the future. He cannot be happy and strong until he too lives with nature in the present, above time.
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