A mistake is a mistake. Don't try to explain it away.

错了就错了，不要辩解。

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The only mistake is not to learn from a mistake.

唯一的错误就是不能从错误中吸取教训。

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The biggest mistake I can make is doing nothing because I’m scared to make a mistake.

我犯的最大的错就是我什么都没做，因为我害怕犯错。

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When a friend is troubled by a mistake he has made, you might tell him to forget about it.

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The passage is also famous because in it Milton does something that he almost never does. Milton has made a mistake.

这篇文章有名也是因为弥尔顿做了一些,他几乎从未做过的事，弥尔顿犯了一个错误。

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So that would, this is actually a very common mistake and it makes sense if you think about it.

这的确是一个非常普遍的错误,如果你想想，这个是言之有理的。

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