Agree or disagree? :"The wisest man has made the most mistakes"?

Question

I have completely forgotten who said this so I apologize

But we can assume, this "wise man" has made so many mistakes, but he always learned from them which is why they were never repeated.

Do believe this saying to be true?

I know this is a bit of ranting..but I am a complete screw up and I always make mistakes...The problem is..these mistakes won't go away..There will ALWAYS be something I screw up..

I was wondering if you could prove why the saying is right, or why its wrong (incorrect)

Answer 1

The only way to learn from mistakes are to make them. Experiencing is the true method of learning how to deal with them, not having it done to other people.



So basically, I believe this to be true.

Answer 2

If that person had lived and learned from all of his mistakes, then he truly is the wisest man.



But he can also still be a fool for he might have made so many mistakes on purpose in the effort to try to learn from them. You can't force enlightenment.



And jade, your hardly a complete screw up.



You don't:

Have scars all over your body

Have a arrest record

A horrible permanent record.

Have eyes that change color with your mood and yet somehow always seem to be brown.

A decrepit and beaten body.

A mind constantly tormented by a failure that resulted in the loss of a loved one.



And I go on and on and on about myself to prove that your hardly a screw up compared to the world and the other people who live inside it's small frame.



Jade, cheer up girl, You have a much brighter future of succeeding then most of the world. Your future is still quite there and you are not one of those people who would or even could screw it up.

Answer 3

if straight answer is nope disagree ---- the why is he is wise he must also be smart either to learn from other people mistakes or not to make

mistakes by using logic and the sense of right and wrong after all we all all human even the wise we r to make mistakes and loose our temper

from time to time and even to repeat the mistakes but the most important question what type of mistakes it is and did hurt anybody because some are not forgiven or forgotten so i believe the wisest man must have somesothing called consions ( may be wrong spelling ) will keep up all night asking him self have i done my day right. (( not hurting anyone )) is most important

Answer 4

I agree, but it's not about being wise. It's about being SUCCESSFUL. It's a simple matter of odds. More things tried, more mistakes. More mistakes, more learning. More learning, more success.

Having wisdom really has nothing to do with making mistakes and learning; it's about insight and intuition, how they are applied, timing, and intended outcome. A six year old can demonstrate wisdom enough to impress an adult, as much as anyone else. It's often the case that the adult(s) don't have a clue and do not notice, or do not even indulge the child's actions, that is, take him seriously.

Answer 5

I agree to an extent. Following someone, who made mistakes and learns from them, could be considered wise. After all, it is common knowledge that things are certainly learned through experience.



Yet, an abridged version as defined in the dictionary of Wise is that of, one who judges well and with discretion. Have I met some very intelligent people, who stick by their morals and beliefs, and avoid making the mistakes in the first place? Yes, i have. That's not to say that they don't make mistakes, but, could they not consider themselves wise?

Answer 6

Who said he made a mistake only once???

Maybe he made the same mistake over and over till he learned from it! So I guess it is true!



Although there are people who had made a lot of mistakes and still make new ones but cant get the moral from them! >.>



We always make mistakes! T-T But this is the way we are created! <.< At least some of us!

Answer 7

Disagree.

Many non-wise people have made mistakes, more mistakes than the wise person. So, the wisest man has not made the most mistakes.

Answer 8

No. A truly wise man would anticipate mistakes from similar past experiences.



Example. A wise man would not put his hand on a lit gas stove if he was already burned on an electric stove.



A high volume of mistakes is a sign of a man who is a fool.

Answer 9

I agree.

And I also agree with what you said.

A person learns from their mistakes. And MOST OF THE TIME people don't make the same mistake again because they understand.

Answer 10

Yes, I agree. When someone get wiser, they'll always think abt everything in a complex way, and make more mistakes.

For an example, when someone asks us some question, like in maths or science, we'll think of all the complex equations and formulas, but the answer will be something basic.

Answer 11

I agree.



You probably make the same mistakes because your clumsy. But the more you learn from that mistake, the more wise you get.

Answer 12

The guy who gets to say "EUREKA!!!" is the guy who learns. The guy who learns, doesn't presume to know. The guy who doesn't presume to know is the wise man.



Yes, the wise man screws up a LOT because he's learning instead of wasting time protecting his persona of "one who knows".



The wise man tries, knowing failure will teach him how to do it. The fool refuses to try for fear of failure and looking like...well...a fool.



To the fool, avoiding failure by not trying is "wise". To the wise man, failure would be refusing to try.



Wise men learn. Fools "know".



I'd rather have one "poor schmuck" who was eager to try than 10 college grads, ANY day and for any JOB.

Answer 13

eh, don't agree. maybe in a 3000 yr old man. maybe.



if you have one boy that starts as a moron and another that starts as a genius though, and they both live 50 years, i dispute the initial moron will be the wiser for having made more mistakes. he'll certainly have learned a lot of lessons, and no doubt he now knows how to fight, but he's made umpteen mistakes the genius wouldn't even have considered stepping his foot in .. and wasted all the associated time in his life dealing with them.

Answer 14

agree because the wisest man learn from his mistakes so he makes mistakes frequently but he learn from them and doesnt do the same one again

Answer 15

That makes perfect sense. No one can be wise if they've never made mistakes.

They have to learn from them.

Thats why you should always listen to your elders because they've been through and experienced more than you have, most likely.

Answer 16

Agree, yet a wise man will also learn

from others mistakes. <}:-})

Answer 17

I agree. A fool would have time to make only a few mistakes then he would be dead.

Answer 18

i completely agree

cuz youu do learn from yourr mistakes

so if you make a whole bunch of mistakes you know not

to o it again and youu can give advice and stuff

Answer 19

As Thomas Alva Edison once said, "I failed at making the light bulb 389.983 times, I succeded once." and that is what matters, he learned, he kept trying, and he created an idea.

Answer 20

yes i do believe that is true.

if you never identify the fact that youre making a mistake,

youll never learn how to correct it or learn anything from life.

Answer 21

Agree. Acepto.

Answer 22

hmm... that could be true and false lol sorry....



I spose for example Dumbledore from Harry Potter, in DH it was revealed that he had made alot of mistakes in his life and he worked hard not to make them again and i believe him to be wise.



dunno if thats what you meant lol



hey btw!

Answer 23

agree but also, the wisest man has been through the most hardships

Answer 24

agree, u learn from r loses and mistakes! :D

Answer 25

or learned from the most mistakes, not necessarily his own

Answer 26

perhaps..

the luckiest man has made the least mistakes.

Answer 27

Not necessarily ... he could have learnt from other's mistakes :D

Answer 28

you learn from your mistakes so yea

Answer 29

i think it is wrong because if he is called the wisest man then why would he make the most mistakes?

Answer 30

AGREED.



"Don't measure a man by his success, measure how high he/she bounces from the bottom."

Answer 31

Well... I think Dumbledore said that... And we can take his example... You know.... like in the 5th book... as he said...

Answer 32

agree