Mistaken Quotes

426 quotes by 367 authors

What wild imaginations one forms where dear self is concerned! How sure to be mistaken! — Jane Austen
Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little… — Jane Austen
It's totally mistaken to suppose that an armed escort is going to give a journalist any protection - on the contrary, journalists who turn up… — Kate Adie
To be positive is to be mistaken at the top of one's voice. — Ambrose Bierce
A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling. — Otto von Bismarck
Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles. — Thomas Browne
Religious persecution may shield itself under the guise of a mistaken and over-zealous piety. — Edmund Burke
The world will very soon be divided, unless I am mistaken, into those who still go on explaining our success, and those somewhat more intelligent… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Thought that is silenced is always rebellious. Majorities, of course, are often mistaken. This is why the silencing of minorities is necessarily dangerous. Criticism and… — Alan Barth
I do not know if I am mistaken, but it seems that one can obtain more truths, important to Humanity, from Chemistry than from any… — Samuel Hahnemann
Is it fair to be suspicious of an entire profession because of a few bad apples? There are at least two important differences, it seems… — Carl Sagan
If we move in the direction of biblial absolutism how can we escape turning the New Testament into a Christian Torah and the gospel into… — Robert D. Brinsmead
The citizens of America have too much discernment to be argued into anarchy. And I am much mistaken, if experience has not wrought a deep… — Alexander Hamilton
Do not judge, and you will never be mistaken. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Teamwork is really a form of trust. It's what happens when you surrender the mistaken idea that you can go it alone and realize that… — Pat Summitt
People who talk of outlawing the atomic bomb are mistaken - what needs to be outlawed is war. — Leslie Groves
Dipsomaniac and the abstainer are not only both mistaken, but they both make the same mistake. They both regard wine as a drug and not… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
When two people are really happy about one another one can generally assume they are mistaken. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
In opening we can see how many times we have mistaken small identities and fearful beliefs for our true nature and how limiting this is.… — Jack Kornfield
The Scripture abounds in commands and cautions for our utmost diligence in our search and inquiry as to whether we are made partakers of Christ… — John Owen

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