I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors, and I shall adopt new views so fast as read more

I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors, and I shall adopt new views so fast as they shall appear to be true views

Admit your errors before someone else exaggerates them.

Admit your errors before someone else exaggerates them.

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

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

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

Man on the dubious waves of error toss'd.

Man on the dubious waves of error toss'd.

Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.

Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.

Error is just as important a condition of life as truth

Error is just as important a condition of life as truth

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

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

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.