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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.
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.]
I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors, and I shall adopt new views so fast as read more
I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors, and I shall adopt new views so fast as they shall appear to be true views
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.]
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.
The remedy for wrongs is to forget them.
[Lat., Injuriarum remedium est oblivio.]
The remedy for wrongs is to forget them.
[Lat., Injuriarum remedium est oblivio.]
Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.
Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.
The cautious seldom err.
The cautious seldom err.
The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.
The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.