Error is just as important a condition of life as truth

Error is just as important a condition of life as truth

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.

Man approaches the unattainable truth through a succession of errors.

Man approaches the unattainable truth through a succession of errors.

All men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to read more

All men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it.

Nothing hurts a new truth more than an old error

Nothing hurts a new truth more than an old error

Admit your errors before someone else exaggerates them.

Admit your errors before someone else exaggerates them.

Brother, brother; we are both in the wrong.

Brother, brother; we are both in the wrong.

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.

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.