If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience.Bernard Shaw
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honourable but more useful than a life spent in doing nothing.Bernard Shaw
I have a strong feeling that I shall be glad when I am dead and done for - scrapped at last to make room for somebody better, cleverer, more perfect than myself.Bernard Shaw
Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.Confucius
Our actions seem to have their lucky and unlucky stars, to which a great part of that blame and that commendation is due which is given to the actions themselves.Francois de La Rochefoucauld