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A man's errors are what make him amiable.
A man's errors are what make him amiable.
Nothing hurts a new truth more than an old error
Nothing hurts a new truth more than an old error
Truth lies within a little and certain compass, but error is immense.
Truth lies within a little and certain compass, but error is immense.
To err is human, but to persevere in error is only the act of a
fool.
[Lat., Cujusvis read more
To err is human, but to persevere in error is only the act of a
fool.
[Lat., Cujusvis hominis est errare, nullius nisi insipientis in
errore perseverare.]
Ah, poor our sex! this fault in us I find,
The error of our eye directs our mind.
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Ah, poor our sex! this fault in us I find,
The error of our eye directs our mind.
What error leads must error.
The truth is perilous never to the true,
Nor knowledge to the wise; and to the fool,
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The truth is perilous never to the true,
Nor knowledge to the wise; and to the fool,
And to the false, error and truth alike,
Error is worse than ignorance.
Some positive persisting fops we know,
Who, if once wrong, will needs be always so;
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Some positive persisting fops we know,
Who, if once wrong, will needs be always so;
But you with pleasure own your errors past,
And make each day a critique on the last.
Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.
Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.
Man on the dubious waves of error toss'd.
Man on the dubious waves of error toss'd.
