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    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.

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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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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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There are men who never err, because they never propose anything
rational.
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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.]

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The truth is perilous never to the true,
Nor knowledge to the wise; and to the fool,
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The truth is perilous never to the true,
Nor knowledge to the wise; and to the fool,
And to the false, error and truth alike,
Error is worse than ignorance.

by Philip James Bailey Found in: Errors Quotes,
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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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Truth lies within a little and certain compass, but error is immense.

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

by Henry St John 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 cautious seldom err.

The cautious seldom err.

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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.

by Matthew Prior Found in: Errors Quotes,
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