It's in the dictionary. And when I find what it is, I'll write it down in case it comes up again, I'll be certain to avoid it.
Many people will tell you that an expert is someone who knows a great deal about the subject. To this I would object that one can never know much about any subject. I would much prefer the following definition: an expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes that can be made in the subject, and how to avoid them.
Learn from my mistakes and you don't have to make them yourself.
I always want to know the things one shouldn't do." "So as to do them?" asked her aunt. "So as to choose." said Isabel
There are men who never err, because they never propose anything rational.
It's good to learn from your mistakes. It's better to learn from other people's mistakes.
You don't learn from smart people, you learn from idiots. Watch what they do, and then don't do it!
It is exactness I aim at, and would not have the least mistake, if possible, pass to the world. If I have unhappily fallen into any, it is through inadvertency only
The past will not tell us what we ought to do, but... what we ought to avoid.
The guest artists pass on not only their experiences but also the pitfalls.
You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.
Before I make a mistake, I don't make that mistake.
Let us study things that are no more. It is necessary to understand them, if only to avoid them.
Always try to learn from other people's mistakes, not your own- it is much cheaper that way!
I think we would have made a lot more mistakes and would have accomplished a lot less had we not been grounded in some basic truths.
There are many ways of performing the operations successfully. I can claim, however, to be in a position to explain how not to putt. I think I know as well as anybody how not to do it.
It's very important that we don't make the same mistakes twice. That's a big part of improvement.
I just learn from other people's mistakes.
There were mistakes that I made that I did learn from. When you don't have responsibilities, the only responsibility is for yourself, but when you have someone there to mentor you, then you don't make stupid mistakes.
