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A quotation from Billings, Josh

The best way I kno ov tew repent of enny thing is tew do better next time.

[The best way I know of to repent of anything is to do better next time.]

Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Everybody’s Friend, Or; Josh Billing’s Encyclopedia and Proverbial Philosophy of Wit and Humor, ch. 139 “Affurisms: Hooks & Eyes” (1874)

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Everybody's Friend, Or; Josh Billing's Encyclopedia and Proverbial Philosophy of Wit and Humor, ch. 139 "Affurisms: Hooks & Eyes" (1874) - Billings, Josh | WIST Quotations

The best way I kno ov tew repent of enny thing is tew do better next time. [The best way I know of to repent of anything is to do better next time.] Variant: The best way I know to REPENT of anything is not to do it again and…

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A quotation from Colton, C. C.

It is almost as difficult to make a man unlearn his errors as his knowledge. Mal-information is more hopeless than non-information; for error is always more busy than ignorance. Ignorance is a blank sheet, on which we may write; but error is a scribbled one, on which we must first erase. Ignorance is contented to stand still with her back to the truth; but error is more presumptuous, and proceeds in the same direction. Ignorance has no light, but error follows a false one. The consequence is, that error, when she retraces her footsteps, has further to go, before she can arrive at the truth, than ignorance.

Charles Caleb "C. C." Colton (1780-1832) English cleric, writer, aphorist
Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Vol. 1, § 1 (1820)

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Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Vol. 1, § 1 (1820) - Colton, Charles Caleb | WIST Quotations

It is almost as difficult to make a man unlearn his errors as his knowledge. Mal-information is more hopeless than non-information; for error is always more busy than ignorance. Ignorance is a blank sheet, on which we may write; but error is a...

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A quotation from Dyson, Freeman

Progress in science is often built on wrong theories that are later corrected. It is better to be wrong than to be vague.

Freeman Dyson (1923-2020) English-American theoretical physicist, mathematician, futurist
The Scientist as Rebel, Part 3, ch. 19 “The World on a String” (2006)

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The Scientist as Rebel, Part 3, ch. 19 "The World on a String" (2006) - Dyson, Freeman | WIST

Progress in science is often built on wrong theories that are later corrected. It is better to be wrong than to be vague. Originally published in New York

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Michel Rouvère

Cela n’a l’air de rien, mais trouver un titre pour un roman relève du casse-tête.
Il faut éviter d’en choisir un qui existe déjà, et surtout faire en sorte qu’il reflète le sujet du livre.
Pour l’un de mes premiers ouvrages, j’avais commis l’erreur d’en choisir un trop banal, si bien que les lecteurs l’ont boudé.
Dès que je lui ai donné un titre différent, il a obtenu davantage de succès.
A votre avis, j’évoque lequel de mes romans ? 😉
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