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.

Nothing hurts a new truth more than an old error

Nothing hurts a new truth more than an old error

Error is just as important a condition of life as truth

Error is just as important a condition of life as truth

I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I read more

I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.

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.]

Have too rashly charged the troops of error and remain as
trophies unto the enemies of truth.

Have too rashly charged the troops of error and remain as
trophies unto the enemies of truth.

A man's errors are what make him amiable.

A man's errors are what make him amiable.

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.

The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.

The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.