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61 Great Mistake quotes by 52 unique authors

The great mistake these people make is that they go to looking after the spiritual welfare of the Indians before securing their physical. — George Crook
Sometimes we think we are too busy to pray. That is a great mistake, for praying is a saving of time. — Charles Spurgeon
It is very easy to say that your opponents have been guilty of a breach of faith, but it is a great mistake to splash… — Winston Churchill
Humility is a quality for which I have only a limited admiration. In many phases of life it is a great mistake and degenerates into… — E. M. Forster
There is an insistent tendency among serious social scientists to think of any institution which features rhymed and singing commercials, intense and lachrymose voices urging… — John Kenneth Galbraith
The great mistake about Europe is taking the countries seriously and letting them quarrel and drop bombs on one another. — Edmund Wilson
Your great mistake is to act the drama as if you were alone. — David Whyte
I want to tell you that I think this war is a great mistake. — Pierre Laval
To desire immortality is to desire the eternal perpetuation of a great mistake — Arthur Schopenhauer
I thought for a change I would give up drinking, and it was a great mistake, and, although I reduced the size of my nose… — Winslow Homer
Don't get upset with your imperfections. It's a great mistake because it leads nowhere - to get angry because you are angry, upset at being… — Saint Francis de Sales
One great mistake made by intelligent people is to refuse to believe that the world is as stupid as it is. — Claudine Guerin de Tencin
It is a great mistake to think that the extremist is a better man than the moderate. Usually the difference is not that he is… — Theodore Roosevelt
[Hemingway] always used to bawl me out for including so much topical stuff. He always claimed that was a great mistake, that in fifty years… — John Dos Passos
Some of you think an Indian is like a wild animal. This is a great mistake. — Chief Joseph
It's a great mistake, I think, to put children off with falsehoods and nonsense, when their growing powers of observation and discrimination excite in them… — Anne Sullivan Macy
Sometimes I think it is a great mistake to have matter that can think and feel. It complains so. By the same token, though, I… — Kurt Vonnegut
It was a great mistake, my being born a man, I would have been much more successful as a seagull or a fish. As it… — Eugene O'Neill
The great mistake is to anticipate the outcome of the engagement; you ought not to be thinking of whether it ends in victory or defeat.… — Bruce Lee
The victim should have the right to end his life, if he wants. But I think it would be a great mistake. However bad life… — Stephen Hawking
My great mistake, the fault for which I can’t forgive myself, is that one day I ceased my obstinate pursuit of my own individuality. — Oscar Wilde
You made me confess the fears that I have. But I will tell you also what I do not fear. I do not fear to… — James Joyce
Our great mistake is to try to exact from each person virtues which he does not possess, and to neglect the cultivation of those which… — Marguerite Yourcenar
If I understand Change, I shall make no great mistake in Life — Confucius
It is a great mistake for men to give up paying compliments, for when they give up saying what is charming, they give up thinking… — Oscar Wilde

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