Friedrich Nietzsche
(1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist
“There is no harm in being sometimes wrong — especially if one is promptly found out.”
Source: Essays In Biography (1933), Alfred Marshall, p. 175
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(1858–1919) American politician, 26th president of the United States
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