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    It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter lies in the depth, where few are willing to search for it.

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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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Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.

Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.

by Isaac Newton Found in: Errors Quotes,
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Nothing hurts a new truth more than an old error

Nothing hurts a new truth more than an old error

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

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

by Edward J. Phelps Found in: Errors Quotes,
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While man's desires and aspirations stir,
He can not choose but err.
[Ger., Es irrt der Mensch read more

While man's desires and aspirations stir,
He can not choose but err.
[Ger., Es irrt der Mensch so lang er strebt.]

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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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A man's errors are what make him amiable.

A man's errors are what make him amiable.

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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.

by John Locke Found in: Errors Quotes,
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