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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.
Nothing hurts a new truth more than an old error
Nothing hurts a new truth more than an old error
Mistake, error, is the discipline through which we advance.
Mistake, error, is the discipline through which we advance.
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 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.]
Brother, brother; we are both in the wrong.
Brother, brother; we are both in the wrong.
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 are not in the art but in the artificers.
Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.
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.]