Tolkien was old school:

“…the burned hand teaches best. After that advice about fire goes to the heart.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Mistakes are a part of being human. Precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way. Unless it’s a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from.”
― Al Franken

Sorry. R.I.P. mouse.

But never stop making mistakes. Neil Gaiman remarked that this means you’re doing something.

“I have learned all kinds of things from my many mistakes. The one thing I never learn is to stop making them.”
― Joe Abercrombie, Last Argument of Kings

And of course, there is always Terry Pratchett.

“The Ephebians believed that every man should have the vote (provided that he wasn’t poor, foreign, nor disqualified by reason of being mad, frivolous, or a woman). Every five years someone was elected to be Tyrant, provided he could prove that he was honest, intelligent, sensible, and trustworthy. Immediately after he was elected, of course, it was obvious to everyone that he was a criminal madman and totally out of touch with the view of the ordinary philosopher in the street looking for a towel. And then five years later they elected another one just like him, and really it was amazing how intelligent people kept on making the same mistakes.”
― Terry Pratchett, Small Gods

_{Disclaimer: Any similarities with living or dead people is purely coincidental.}

Wednesday Quotes: Learning from Mistakes

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