Nothing hurts a new truth more than an old error

Nothing hurts a new truth more than an old error

Man on the dubious waves of error toss'd.

Man on the dubious waves of error toss'd.

Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.

Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.

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.

Mistake, error, is the discipline through which we advance.

Mistake, error, is the discipline through which we advance.

To err is human, but to persevere in error is only the act of a
fool.
[Lat., Cujusvis read more

To err is human, but to persevere in error is only the act of a
fool.
[Lat., Cujusvis hominis est errare, nullius nisi insipientis in
errore perseverare.]

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.

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.]

A man's errors are what make him amiable.

A man's errors are what make him amiable.