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title: "22 Knew Wrong Quotes by 21 authors"
description: "Browse 22 Knew Wrong quotes by 21 authors. Discover the best Knew Wrong sayings and thoughts."
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> [“I knew what was wrong. The virus was debilitating my coordination and I just didn’t want to accept it. I”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-adair/i-knew-what-was-wrong-the-virus-was-debilitating-my-coordination-and/)

[Bobby Adair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-adair/)

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> [It's not a mistake if you knew it was wrong to begin with](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerson-monago/it-s-not-a-mistake-if-you-knew-it-was-wrong-to-begin-with/)

[Gerson Monago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerson-monago/)

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> [I do not regret having braved public opinion, when I knew it was wrong and was sure it would be merciless.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace-greeley/i-do-not-regret-having-braved-public-opinion-when-i-knew-it-was-wrong/)

[Horace Greeley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace-greeley/)

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> [The worst tempered people I have ever met were those who knew that they were wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-letterman/the-worst-tempered-people-i-have-ever-met-were-those-who-knew-that/)

[David Letterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-letterman/)

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> [The worst-tempered people I've ever met were people who knew they were wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-worst-tempered-people-i-ve-ever-met-were-people-who-knew-they/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“And it was then I knew I was wrong. I wasn’t falling in love with Sam. I was already there.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristen-ashley/and-it-was-then-i-knew-i-was-wrong-i-wasn-t-falling-in-love-with-sam/)

[Kristen Ashley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristen-ashley/)

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> [“I knew something was wrong when you started being so polite.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lloyd-alexander/i-knew-something-was-wrong-when-you-started-being-so-polite/)

[Lloyd Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lloyd-alexander/)

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> [“It was so powerful. I knew it was wrong, but it was addicting.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-c-stephens/it-was-so-powerful-i-knew-it-was-wrong-but-it-was-addicting/)

[S.C. Stephens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-c-stephens/)

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> [I knew it was wrong, but I thought gambling was a venial sin. That's why I didn't confess it to a priest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-donaghy/i-knew-it-was-wrong-but-i-thought-gambling-was-a-venial-sin-that-s/)

[Tim Donaghy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-donaghy/)

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> [I felt that to do this drug, I had to become someone totally different than I was. I had to compromise my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelli-white/i-felt-that-to-do-this-drug-i-had-to-become-someone-totally-different/)

[Kelli White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelli-white/)

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> [ Of distinction by birth or badge, \[Americans\] had no more idea than they had of the mode of existence in the moon… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/of-distinction-by-birth-or-badge-americans-had-no-more-idea-than-they/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [We did what our people do all the time, we told ourselves something we did was right and we found a way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-frey/we-did-what-our-people-do-all-the-time-we-told-ourselves-something-we/)

[James Frey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-frey/)

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> [I felt something in my hip but I thought it was something little. It got worse and worse over time, to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-carter-williams/i-felt-something-in-my-hip-but-i-thought-it-was-something-little-it/)

[Michael Carter-Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-carter-williams/)

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> [“I was too cowardly to do what I knew to be right, as I had been too cowardly to avoid doing what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/i-was-too-cowardly-to-do-what-i-knew-to-be-right-as-i-had-been-too/)

[Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/)

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> [In a word, I was too cowardly to do what I knew to be right, as I had been too cowardly to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/in-a-word-i-was-too-cowardly-to-do-what-i-knew-to-be-right-as-i-had/)

[Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/)

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> [Joining Yes was one of those stupid things that you do sometimes. It was one of the two or three times in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevor-horn/joining-yes-was-one-of-those-stupid-things-that-you-do-sometimes-it/)

[Trevor Horn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevor-horn/)

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> [“We knew it was all wrong. We knew we were diminishing ourselves in ways we couldn't even name, and we wept sometimes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-marion/we-knew-it-was-all-wrong-we-knew-we-were-diminishing-ourselves-in/)

[Isaac Marion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-marion/)

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> [“I was wrong. I knew I was wrong, and yet I persisted. If that is possible of any explanation it is this:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-black/i-was-wrong-i-knew-i-was-wrong-and-yet-i-persisted-if-that-is/)

[Jack Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-black/)

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> [I could not stop something I knew was wrong and terrible. I had an awful sense of powerlessness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-sakharov/i-could-not-stop-something-i-knew-was-wrong-and-terrible-i-had-an/)

[Andrei Sakharov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-sakharov/)

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> [It's the best possible time to be alive, when almost everything you thought you knew is wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/it-s-the-best-possible-time-to-be-alive-when-almost-everything-you/)

[Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/)

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> [“Repentance seemed like too loose of a word. I knew I’d been wrong, but that didn’t soften the blow.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-aquino/repentance-seemed-like-too-loose-of-a-word-i-knew-i-d-been-wrong-but/)

[Anna Aquino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-aquino/)

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> [As far back as I can remember, I knew there was something wrong with our way of life when people could be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-parks/as-far-back-as-i-can-remember-i-knew-there-was-something-wrong-with/)

[Rosa Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosa-parks/)

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