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    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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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.]

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Dark Error's other hidden side is truth.

Dark Error's other hidden side is truth.

by Victor Hugo Found in: Errors Quotes,
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When every one is in the wrong, every one is in the right.
[Fr., Quand tout le monte a read more

When every one is in the wrong, every one is in the right.
[Fr., Quand tout le monte a tort, tout le monde a raison.]

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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.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Errors Quotes,
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Brother, brother; we are both in the wrong.

Brother, brother; we are both in the wrong.

by John Gay Found in: Errors Quotes, Wrongs Quotes,
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Admit your errors before someone else exaggerates them.

Admit your errors before someone else exaggerates them.

by Andrew V. Mason Found in: Errors Quotes,
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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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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.

by Unknown 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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