Gunnar_Zarncke comments on Rationality Quotes Thread May 2015 - Less Wrong
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-- Otto von Bismarck
The German original is somewhat stronger:
German is my third language, and since 2009 I am learning Austrian German by immersion, so for just some idle Friday fun I will now try to translate that to Viennese:
"Ihr soid olle Depperten zu glauben, aus Eurer Erfohrung wos zu lernen zu gön, i zieh es vu, aus den Fühlern ondrer zu lernen, um oigene Fühler zu vüümoiden."
I prefer the English translation, it's more direct, though it does lack the bit about avoiding your own mistakes.
A more literal translation for those that don't speak German:
Note: I'm not a German speaker, what I know of the language is from three years of high school classes taken over a decade ago, but I think this translation is more or less correct.
It's not exactly the quote.
Bismark doesn't speak about people who attempt to learn but who believe they learn.
I stand corrected, thank you.