The smartest people are not those who never make mistakes, but those who risk making mistakes and use them to make better choices the next time around.

最聪明的人不是那些从不犯错的人，而是那些敢于犯错，并且引以为鉴，以便下次作出更好的选择。

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People who never make mistakes never make anything else either.

不犯错的人也从来不会取得任何进步。

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There are people who make no mistakes because they never wish to do anything worth doing.

有的人从来没犯过错误，因为他们从来都没想过要做什么值得做的事。

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Consumer groups have argued that this has resulted in bank accounts being paid for by people who make mistakes and go overdrawn, many of whom are the least well-off and the least well-informed customers.

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It is not immediately apparent that we want to cede control over their decisions to other people who will also make all sorts of mistakes and continue to believe all sorts of silly things based on incomplete information and flawed models of how the world works.

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Even in the incredibly competitive and difficult terrain that U.S.-China business in 2013 presents, the largest companies can still afford to make mistakes, and sacrifice people who waste their money and time with ineffective project plans.

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