Experience is a revelation in the light of which we renounce our errors of youth for those of age.

Experience is a revelation in the light of which we renounce our errors of youth for those of age.

Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.

Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.

Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.

Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.

There are men who never err, because they never propose anything
rational.
[Ger., Est giebt Menschen die gar read more

There are men who never err, because they never propose anything
rational.
[Ger., Est giebt Menschen die gar nicht irren, weil sie sich
nichts Vernunftiges vorsetzen.]

The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.

The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.

An error doesn't become a mistake until you refuse to correct it.

An error doesn't become a mistake until you refuse to correct it.

While man's desires and aspirations stir,
He can not choose but err.
[Ger., Es irrt der Mensch read more

While man's desires and aspirations stir,
He can not choose but err.
[Ger., Es irrt der Mensch so lang er strebt.]

I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I read more

I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.

All men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to read more

All men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it.