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A man's errors are what make him amiable.
A man's errors are what make him amiable.
Experience is a revelation in the light of which we renounce our errors of youth for those of age.
Experience is a revelation in the light of which we renounce our errors of youth for those of age.
Error is the force that welds men together; truth is communicated to men only by deeds of truth.
Error is the force that welds men together; truth is communicated to men only by deeds of truth.
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.
Some positive persisting fops we know,
Who, if once wrong, will needs be always so;
But you read more
Some positive persisting fops we know,
Who, if once wrong, will needs be always so;
But you with pleasure own your errors past,
And make each day a critique on the last.
For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is
at least human.
For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is
at least human.
The cautious seldom err.
The cautious seldom err.
It is only an error in judgment to make a mistake, but it shows infirmity of character to adhere to read more
It is only an error in judgment to make a mistake, but it shows infirmity of character to adhere to it when discovered