Man loves his own mistakes.
Man loves his own mistakes.
Meaning in plain English
Loving one’s own mistakes pictures attachment to personal error. The saying questions defending a choice merely because it is one’s own.
Example
Someone revisits a decision they made when new evidence challenges its basis.
Deeper explanation and when to use it
The broad human claim is rhetorical rather than a diagnosis of everyone’s motives. The supplied gloss reads it as justifying a mistake, a possible form of attachment. A useful application asks how evidence might change a particular judgment without presuming that disagreement always means refusing to learn.
When to use it
Use it to discuss attachment to a judgment with actual evidence considered.
Keep in mind
No universal love of error or motive for a particular disagreement is established.
Edsverb editorial interpretation · agent reviewed · 2026-10-05. This explains the saying; it does not establish its historical origin.
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