私は数々の過ちを犯してきたが、「過ちを犯したことなど一度もない」と断言する過ちを犯したことなど一度もない。 - ジェームズ［ジェームス］・ゴードン・ベネット (1795 - 1872)
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I have made mistakes, but I never made the mistake of claiming that I never made one. - James Gordon Bennett (1795 - 1872)
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