What is mistake?

Famous quotes containing the word mistake:

“The old saying of Buffon’s that style is the man himself is as near the truth as we can get—but then most men mistake grammar for style, as they mistake correct spelling for words or schooling for education.”
—Samuel Butler (1835–1902)

“Live all you can; it’s a mistake not to. It doesn’t so much matter what you do in particular, so long as you have your life. If you haven’t had that what have you had?”
—Henry James (1843–1916)

“Some mistake had been made
No book can explain,
Some change in the law
That nobody saw
Except as a gain.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)