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Nothing hurts a new truth more than an old error
Nothing hurts a new truth more than an old error
Truth lies within a little and certain compass, but error is immense.
Truth lies within a little and certain compass, but error is immense.
The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that read more
The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair
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.
The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.
The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.
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.
An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.
An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.
A man's errors are what make him amiable.
A man's errors are what make him amiable.
The truth is perilous never to the true,
Nor knowledge to the wise; and to the fool,
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The truth is perilous never to the true,
Nor knowledge to the wise; and to the fool,
And to the false, error and truth alike,
Error is worse than ignorance.
