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Brother, brother; we are both in the wrong.
Brother, brother; we are both in the wrong.
The cautious seldom err.
The cautious seldom err.
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.
Error is the force that welds men together; truth is communicated to men only by deeds of truth.
Error is the force that welds men together; truth is communicated to men only by deeds of truth.
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.]
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.]
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.]
A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a ton of explanation.
A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a ton of explanation.
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.