It's only those who do nothing that make no mistakes.

Joseph Conrad

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Topic

Mistakes

Author

Joseph Conrad

Source

An Outcast of the Islands

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1896 1890s 19th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

Ukraine Europe

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Original Citation

Conrad, Joseph. An Outcast of the Islands. D. Appleton and Company, 1896, pt. 3, ch. 2.

Current Citation

Conrad, Joseph. An Outcast of the Islands. Penguin Modern Classics, 1975, pt. 3, ch. 2.

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Another quote from the 1890s

How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?

Sherlock Holmes

The Sign of the Four

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Topic
Process of elimination Logic Truth
Speaker
Sherlock Holmes

Author

Arthur Conan Doyle
Source
The Sign of the Four
Medium
Novel Magazine
Genre
Detective fiction
Language
English
Time
1890 1890s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Doyle, Arthur. "The Sign of the Four; or, The Problem of the Sholtos." Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. London: Lippincott's, 1890, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Doyle, Arthur. The Sign of Four. The Sherlock Holmes Collector's Library. Detective Fiction, 2009, ch. 1.

Another quote about Mistakes

To err is human, to forgive divine.

Alexander Pope

An Essay on Criticism

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Topic
Mistakes Forgiveness

Author

Alexander Pope
Source
An Essay on Criticism
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1711 1710s 18th century
Era
Age of Enlightenment
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Pope, Alexander, [published anonymously]. "An Essay on Criticism." London: W. Lewis, 1711, l. 526.

Current Citation

Pope, Alexander. "An Essay on Criticism." The Major Works, edited by Pat Rogers. Oxford University Press, 2009, pt. 2, I. 526.