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It is the highest form of self-respect to admit our errors and mistakes and make amends for them. To make read more
It is the highest form of self-respect to admit our errors and mistakes and make amends for them. To make a mistake is only an error in judgment, but to adhere to it when it is discovered shows infirmity of character.
Admit your errors before someone else exaggerates them.
Admit your errors before someone else exaggerates them.
Nothing hurts a new truth more than an old error
Nothing hurts a new truth more than an old error
A man's errors are what make him amiable.
A man's errors are what make him amiable.
The cautious seldom err.
The cautious seldom err.
When people once are in the wrong,
Each line they add is much too long;
Who fastest read more
When people once are in the wrong,
Each line they add is much too long;
Who fastest walks, but walks astray,
Is only furthest from his way.
Man on the dubious waves of error toss'd.
Man on the dubious waves of error toss'd.
Sometimes we may learn more from a man's error than from his
virtues.
Sometimes we may learn more from a man's error than from his
virtues.