| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 31955 |
| QUOTATION: | All human errors are impatience, a premature breaking off of methodical procedure, an apparent fencing-in of what is apparently at issue. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Franz Kafka (1883–1924), German novelist, short story writer. The Collected Aphorisms, vol. 1 (October 1917-February 1918), no. 2, published in Shorter Works, ed. and trans. by Malcolm Pasley (1973). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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