Nobody stands taller than those willing to stand corrected.
– William Safire

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  • Nawa raj joshi

    what is the meanng of nobody stands taller than those willng to stand corrected

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  • Alex Peng

    It means that people stand the tallest when they want to be wrong and corrected. Then they(and later everyone) can learn more I guess, thus comes the process of learning and evolution.

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