A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.

James Joyce

Ulysses

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Topic

Learning from mistakes Mistakes Genius

Speaker

Stephen Dedalus

Author

James Joyce

Source

Ulysses

Medium

Novel

Genre

Modernist literature

Language

English

Time

1922 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

Ireland Europe

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Original Citation

Joyce, James. Ulysses. Shakespeare and Company, 1922, bk. 2, ch. 9.

Current Citation

Joyce, James. The Cambridge Centenary Ulysses: The 1922 Text with Essays and Notes, edited by Catherine Flynn. Cambridge University Press, 2022, ch. 9.

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My body was like a harp and her words and gestures were like fingers running upon the wires.

James Joyce

Araby

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Topic
Being in love

Author

James Joyce
Source
Araby Dubliners
Medium
Short story
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1914 1910s 20th century
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Original Citation

Joyce, James. “Araby.” Dubliners. Grant Richards Ltd., 1914.

Current Citation

Joyce, James. “Araby.” Dubliners, edited by Terence Brown. Penguin Classics, 2014.

Another quote from the 1920s

It will need more than the Nineteenth Amendment to convince me that there are no differences between men and women, or that legislation cannot take those differences into account.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Adkins v. Children's Hospital

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Topic
Women's equality Men and women

Author

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Source
Adkins v. Children's Hospital
Medium
Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion
Genre
Legal writing
Language
English
Time
1923 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. Dissenting Opinion. Adkins v. Children's Hospital. United States Reports, vol. 261, 9 Apr. 1923, pp. 567-571. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/250/616/.

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
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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.