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Brother, brother; we are both in the wrong.
Brother, brother; we are both in the wrong.
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.]
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.]
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.
All faiths constitute a revelation of Truth, but all are imperfect and liable to error
All faiths constitute a revelation of Truth, but all are imperfect and liable to error
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.
Admit your errors before someone else exaggerates them.
Admit your errors before someone else exaggerates them.
Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.
Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.