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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.]

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Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow;
He who would search for pearls, must dive below.

Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow;
He who would search for pearls, must dive below.

by John Dryden Found in: Errors Quotes,
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By Hercules! I prefer to err with Plato, whom I know how much
you value, than to be right read more

By Hercules! I prefer to err with Plato, whom I know how much
you value, than to be right in the company of such men.
[Lat., Errare mehercule malo cum Platone, quem tu quanti facias,
scio quam cum istis vera sentire.]

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Mistake, error, is the discipline through which we advance.

Mistake, error, is the discipline through which we advance.

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Some positive persisting fops we know,
Who, if once wrong, will needs be always so;
But you read more

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.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Errors Quotes,
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Brother, brother; we are both in the wrong.

Brother, brother; we are both in the wrong.

by John Gay Found in: Errors Quotes, Wrongs Quotes,
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The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that read more

The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair

by Douglas Adams Found in: Errors Quotes,
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When every one is in the wrong, every one is in the right.
[Fr., Quand tout le monte a read more

When every one is in the wrong, every one is in the right.
[Fr., Quand tout le monte a tort, tout le monde a raison.]

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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.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Errors Quotes,
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A man's errors are what make him amiable.

A man's errors are what make him amiable.

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