Mistaken Belief

Famous quotes containing the words mistaken and/or belief:

    We are much mistaken if we think that men are always brave from a principle of valor, or women chaste from a principle of modesty.
    François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)

    It is, I think, an indisputable fact that Americans are, as Americans, the most self-conscious people in the world, and the most addicted to the belief that the other nations of the earth are in a conspiracy to under value them.
    Henry James (1843–1916)