Delusion Quote by Martin Van Buren

“Nothing is so mischievous as the apotheosis of error.”

— Francis Bacon

“In his opinion, all the world’s misfortunes stemmed from the countless untruths, both deliberate and unintentional, which people told because of haste or carelessness.”

— Michael Ende

“There was something demoniacal and insuperable about typographical errors, as if they were part of the natural evil that permeated man's existence, as if…

— Patricia Highsmith

“Only in hindsight can we see that out fears and worries were unwarranted, that insecurities and doubts were just illussions, or that we should…

— Ellyn Spragins

“All the world's misfortunes stemmed from the countless untruths, both deliberate and unintentional, which people told because of haste or carelessness.”

— Michael Ende

“The undisciplined mind confuses misfortune with mistakes.”

— Mark Caney

“Today it strikes me that the most important aspect of these conversations was not so much what we said as what we took for…

— Simone de Beauvoir

“Over time, hidden truths morph in the dark soil of deceit into something much worse.”

— Patti Callahan Henry

“in the course of my observation, these disputing, contradicting, and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. They get victory sometimes, but they…

— Benjamin Franklin

“It seemed like a mistake. And mistakes ought to be rectified, only this one couldn't be. Between the way things used to be and…

— William Maxwell

“Only fools saw mistakes as a bad thing—mistakes were experience, no matter how good or bad.”

— Sean R. Frazier

“Well--there it was, and the fault was doubtless neither hers nor his, but that of the world they had grown up in, of their…

— Edith Wharton