Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature.

Los errores son casi siempre de naturaleza sagrada.

Salvador Dalí

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Topic

Mistakes Artistic process

Author

Salvador Dalí

Source

Diary of a Genius

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

Spanish

Time

1965 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Painter Artist

From

Spain Europe

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Citation

Dali, Salvador. Journal d'un Génie [Diary of a Genius]. Gallimard, c. 1964.

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For this is what America is all about. It is the uncrossed desert and the unclimbed ridge. It is the star that is not reached and the harvest that's sleeping in the unplowed ground. Is our world gone? We say farewell. Is a new world coming? We welcome it, and we will bend it to the hopes of man.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Second Inaugural Address of Lyndon Baines Johnson

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American frontier American character
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Source
Second Inaugural Address of Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential inaugural address
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1965 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Johnson, Lyndon B. "Second Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 1965, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Another quote about Mistakes

Experience keeps a dear school, yet Fools will learn In no other.

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

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Learning from mistakes Mistakes Life experience Learning Fools

Author

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)
Source
Poor Richard's Almanack
Medium
Almanac
Statement Type
Proverbs, aphorisms and adages
Language
English
Time
1743 1740s 18th century
Era
Colonial America
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Original Citation

Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard's Almanack. Philadelphia, 1743.

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Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1743." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.

Another quote originally in Spanish

I was so free with him as not to mince the matter.

Miguel de Cervantes

Don Quixote

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Candor Honesty

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Miguel de Cervantes
Source
Don Quixote
Medium
Novel
Language
Spanish
Time
1605 1600s 16th century
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Original Citation

De Cervantes, Miguel. El ingenioso hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha [The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha]. Madrid: Francisco de Robles, 1605.

Current Citation

De Cervantes, Miguel. Don Quixote, translated and edited by John Rutherford. Penguin Classics, 2003.