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Letter "A" » admit
«It is the highest form of self-respect to admit our errors and mistakes and make amends for them. To make a mistake is only an error in judgment, but to adhere to it when it is discovered shows infirmity of character.»
Author: Dale E. Turner
| About:
Character,
Errors,
Mistakes,
Self-respect
| Keywords:
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«Insane people are always sure that they are fine. It is only the sane people who are willing to admit that they are crazy.»
«If your everyday life seems poor, don't blame it; blame yourself; admit to yourself that you are not enough of a poet to call forth its riches; because for the creator there is no poverty and no indifferent place.»
Author: Rainer Maria Rilke
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«Immortality is a long shot, I admit. But somebody has to be first.»
«It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.»
Author: Franklin D. Roosevelt
(President)
| About:
Common sense
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above all, admit, common sense, fails, frankly, method
«I admit that twice two makes four is an excellent thing, but if we are to give everything its due, twice two makes five is sometimes a very charming thing too»
«In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake.»
Author: Napoleon Bonaparte
(Emperor, General, Politician)
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«I admit that books were voted in and out, and that the Bible was finally formed in accordance with a vote»
Author: Robert Green Ingersoll
(Orator, Statesman)
| About:
Books
| Keywords:
accordance, admit, finally, formed, vote, voted
«In all evils which admit a remedy, impatience should be avoided, because it wastes that time and attention in complaints which, if properly applied, might remove the cause»
Author: Samuel Johnson
(Critic, Poet, Writer)
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admit, applied, avoided, complaints, evils, impatience, properly, remedy, remove, wastes
«It was completely fruitless to quarrel with the world, whereas the quarrel with oneself was occasionally fruitful and always, she had to admit, interesting.»
Author: Soren Kierkegaard
(Philosopher, Theologian)
| Keywords:
admit, fruitful, fruitless, interesting, occasionally, quarrel
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