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    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

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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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Sometimes we may learn more from a man's error than from his
virtues.

Sometimes we may learn more from a man's error than from his
virtues.

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There are men who never err, because they never propose anything
rational.
[Ger., Est giebt Menschen die gar read more

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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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.

by Dale E. Turner Found in: Errors Quotes,
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An error doesn't become a mistake until you refuse to correct it.

An error doesn't become a mistake until you refuse to correct it.

by Orlando A. Battista Found in: Errors Quotes,
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One goes to the right, the other to the left; both are wrong, but
in different directions.
[Lat., read more

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.]

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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 Issac Newton Found in: Errors Quotes,
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The cautious seldom err.

The cautious seldom err.

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Knowledge being to be had only of visible and certain truth,
error is not a fault of our knowledge, read more

Knowledge being to be had only of visible and certain truth,
error is not a fault of our knowledge, but a mistake of our
judgment, giving assent to that which is not true.

by John Locke Found in: Errors Quotes,
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