Painterly wooden pencil with a worn pink eraser lying across blank cream paper in warm light.

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Bryant McGill

A person who makes few mistakes makes little progress.

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

A very small record of mistakes may reflect a very small amount of movement. The saying challenges the idea that avoiding error is always evidence of success. Trying unfamiliar things creates opportunities to go wrong, and those attempts are linked here with making progress.

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