--- title: Honest with yourself: admitting you were wrong — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Honest with yourself: admitting you were wrong», a lesson of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Jack's team lost and he blames the ref, but deep down he knows he missed an easy pass; Jesus asked why we look at t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/97-honest-with-yourself-admitting-you-were-wrong/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/) / Honest with yourself: admitting you we… # Honest with yourself: admitting you were wrong Lesson 97 of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school: 17 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/97-honest-with-yourself-admitting-you-were-wrong/). - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/97-honest-with-yourself-admitting-you-were-wrong/1/) — Jack's team lost and he blames the ref, but deep down he knows he missed an easy pass; Jesus asked why we look at the speck of sawdust in someone else's eye and ignore the plank in our own (Matthew 7:3-5). - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/97-honest-with-yourself-admitting-you-were-wrong/2/) — Saying "I was wrong" costs one second and makes you wiser, like Maddie saying, "Oh, you're right, whales are mammals!" - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/97-honest-with-yourself-admitting-you-were-wrong/3/) — Pride gets in the way: in "The Emperor's New Clothes" nobody dared to say the emperor was wearing nothing until a child did, and "Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall" (Proverbs 16:18). - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/97-honest-with-yourself-admitting-you-were-wrong/4/) — Honest self-knowledge goes both ways: don't think you're better than you are, and don't put yourself down either; the prodigal son "came to his senses", and that was the start of his way home. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/97-honest-with-yourself-admitting-you-were-wrong/5/) — "Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?" (Matthew 7:3-5). - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/97-honest-with-yourself-admitting-you-were-wrong/6/) — People tend to take credit for their wins and blame outside things for their losses; admitting your own part is how you get better. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/97-honest-with-yourself-admitting-you-were-wrong/7/) — "The way of fools seems right to them, but the wise listen to advice" (Proverbs 12:15); the Greek thinker Socrates said wisdom begins with knowing what you don't know. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/97-honest-with-yourself-admitting-you-were-wrong/8/) — In Aesop's fable the fox can't reach the grapes and says they're sour anyway; saying "I didn't want it anyway" can be a lie to yourself. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/97-honest-with-yourself-admitting-you-were-wrong/9/) — "Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment" (Romans 12:3); sober judgment means clear, honest thinking. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/97-honest-with-yourself-admitting-you-were-wrong/10/) — "I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made" (Psalm 139:14): being honest about yourself includes your good bits. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/97-honest-with-yourself-admitting-you-were-wrong/11/) — Aristotle said the boaster claims more than is true and the falsely modest claim less; the truthful person is in the middle. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/97-honest-with-yourself-admitting-you-were-wrong/13/) — The prodigal son, feeding pigs, "came to his senses", went home and said, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you" (Luke 15:17-21). - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/97-honest-with-yourself-admitting-you-were-wrong/14/) — The Psalms are full of honest feelings, even complaints to God: "How long, Lord? - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/97-honest-with-yourself-admitting-you-were-wrong/15/) — Will you forget me for ever?" (Psalm 13:1); naming a feeling helps calm it. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/97-honest-with-yourself-admitting-you-were-wrong/17/) — "God opposes the proud but shows favour to the humble" (James 4:6); say sorry for your part, even if the other person started it. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/97-honest-with-yourself-admitting-you-were-wrong/18/) — Peter said, "Even if all fall away on account of you, I never will" (Matthew 26:33), and that night denied Jesus three times; afterwards he wept, was humble, and Jesus forgave him and gave him his work back (John 21:15-17); "Know yourself" was carved at Delphi. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/97-honest-with-yourself-admitting-you-were-wrong/19/) — Slang check: "lowkey" means sort of, quietly; "salty" means annoyed; "bruv" means mate; "dead boring" means very boring. - ← previous: [Honest money: earning, raising and paying fairly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/96-honest-money-earning-raising-and-paying-fairly/) - next →: [Honest with yourself: excuses, pride and the truth inside](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/98-honest-with-yourself-excuses-pride-and-the-truth-inside/) - ↑ back to [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/)