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

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

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

The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.

The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.

One goes to the right, the other to the left; both are wrong, but
in different directions.
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One goes to the right, the other to the left; both are wrong, but
in different directions.
[Lat., Ille sinistrorsum hic dexrorsum abit, unus utrique
Error, sed variis illudit partibus.]

I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I read more

I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.

An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.

An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.

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.

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.