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Vincent Van Gogh

Even the knowledge of my own fallibility cannot keep me from making mistakes. Only when I fall do I get up again.

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Vincent Van Gogh is saying that knowing you can be wrong doesn’t stop you from actually being wrong sometimes. He emphasizes that making mistakes is part of the process, and recovery happens only after experiencing failure.

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