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A man's errors are what make him amiable.
A man's errors are what make him amiable.
Error is just as important a condition of life as truth
Error is just as important a condition of life as truth
A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a ton of explanation.
A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a ton of explanation.
In science, it doesn't matter if you're wrong, as long as you're not stupid. In business, it doesn't matter if read more
In science, it doesn't matter if you're wrong, as long as you're not stupid. In business, it doesn't matter if you're stupid, so long as you're not wrong.
Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.
Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.
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 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.]
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.
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
