#mistaken

That though we are certain of many things, yet that Certainty is no absolute Infallibility, there still remains the possibility of our being mistaken in all matters of humane Belief and Inquiry. ↗

— Joseph Glanvill

#being #belief #certain #certainty #humane

Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#also #appropriation #books #buy #buying

To be positive is to be mistaken at the top of one's voice. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#positive #top #voice

Religious persecution may shield itself under the guise of a mistaken and over-zealous piety. ↗

— Edmund Burke

#itself #may #mistaken #persecution #piety

And for anyone who ever thought that Ellen and I broke it off because of sexuality, you couldn't be more mistaken. And for anyone who thought my mother's prayers had anything to do with me marrying a man, forget it. ↗

— Anne Heche

#anything #because #broke #ellen #ever

It will never be mistaken for a high school gymnasium or a meeting room in a Midwestern motel. ↗

— Donal Henahan

#high #high school #meeting #midwestern #mistaken

Every year thousands of Americans mistakenly refer to Cinco de Mayo as Mexico's Independence Day. ↗

— Joe Baca

#every #independence #independence day #mayo #mexico

I got briefly mistaken for someone who might be good in bed, which was very, very good. ↗

— Bill Nighy

#briefly #good #got #i #might

We all live in the moment, and we often mistakenly believe that what is true today was true always. Not so in politics, and especially in Congressional elections. ↗

— Larry J. Sabato

#believe #congressional #elections #especially #live

Back of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdom, if you listen. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

#defeat #every #laughter #listen #mistaken