Fallibility Quotes

The democratic age mourns the value of human beings.

Nobody sees anybody truly but all through the flaws of their own egos. That is the way we all see each other in

Tennessee Williams

A man carries within him the germ of his most exceptional action; and if we wise people make eminent fools of ourselves on any particular occasion, we must endure the legitimate conclusion that we carry a few grains of folly to our ounce of wisdom.

Let nothing human be considered sacred. Let nothing human be considered divine.

Adam was but human—this explains it all. He did not want the apple for the apple's sake, he wanted it only because it was forbidden. The mistake was in not forbidding the serpent; then he would have eaten the serpent.