The Duke would not pay for the works. He says that the Castle can never be taken. That is called hubris, Giacomo, the belief that you are never wrong. Believing you are never wrong is an error that afflicts great men. I have learned that to be right you must first be wrong many times. Without making errors--and learning from them--a man cannot find the truth. Christopher Peter Grey
About This Quote

This quote is from the book of the "Prince of Tides" by Pat Conroy. This quote is a powerful, real and true story. Mr. Conroy had a very hard life and was an alcoholic.

He was a man who experienced great hardships and needed to find a way to overcome them. He went to a psychiatrist named Dr. Eugene Young who was able to help him with his alcoholism and other issues he was having with alcohol addiction.

The story goes that this quote is from Dr. Young as he always told Mr. Conroy this quote as he would visit Mr.

Conroy at his home in Hilton Head, South Carolina just as he said it as if it were some poem that someone had written for him to read.

Source: Leonardos Shadow: Or, My Astonishing Life As Leonardo Da Vincis Servant

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