A quotation from Josh Billings
I aint no disgrace for a man to fall, but to lay thare, and grunt, iz.Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1876-06 (1876 ed.)
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The Bible (The Old Testament) (14th - 2nd C BC) Judeo-Christian sacred scripture [Tanakh, Hebrew Bible], incl. the Apocrypha (Deuterocanonicals)
Book 22b. Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 20:18 (Sir 20:18) [tr. NRSV (2021 ed.), Ecclesiasticus]
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A slip on the pavement is better than a slip of the tongue; the downfall of the wicked will occur just as speedily. [Ὀλίσθημα ἀπὸ ἐδάφους μᾶλλον ἢ ἀπὸ γλώσσης. οὕτως πτῶσις κακῶν κατὰ σπουδὴν ἥξει.] More on the history and acceptance of this Apocryphal book here and here. (Source…
Everyone makes mistakes. What's important is to learn from them and for others not hold you to them forever, especially when the positives far outweigh the negative. Those others will also make mistakes and would want the same consideration.