One goes to the right, the other to the left; both are wrong, but
in different directions.
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One goes to the right, the other to the left; both are wrong, but
in different directions.
[Lat., Ille sinistrorsum hic dexrorsum abit, unus utrique
Error, sed variis illudit partibus.]

The smallest errors are always the best.
[Fr., Les plus courtes erreurs sont toujours les meilleures.]

The smallest errors are always the best.
[Fr., Les plus courtes erreurs sont toujours les meilleures.]

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

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

To err is human.

To err is human.

Nothing hurts a new truth more than an old error

Nothing hurts a new truth more than an old error

Have too rashly charged the troops of error and remain as
trophies unto the enemies of truth.

Have too rashly charged the troops of error and remain as
trophies unto the enemies of truth.

It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily read more

It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter lies in the depth, where few are willing to search for it.

So shall you hear
Of carnal, bloody, and unnatural acts,
Of accidental judgments, casual slaughters,
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So shall you hear
Of carnal, bloody, and unnatural acts,
Of accidental judgments, casual slaughters,
Of deaths put on by cunning and forced cause,
And, in this upshot, purposes mistook
Fall'n on th' inventors' heads.

Truth lies within a little and certain compass, but error is immense.

Truth lies within a little and certain compass, but error is immense.