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.

A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.

A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.

Brother, brother; we are both in the wrong.

Brother, brother; we are both in the wrong.

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

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

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.]

When people once are in the wrong,
Each line they add is much too long;
Who fastest read more

When people once are in the wrong,
Each line they add is much too long;
Who fastest walks, but walks astray,
Is only furthest from his way.

Truth lies within a little and certain compass, but error is immense.

Truth lies within a little and certain compass, but error is immense.

So shall you hear
Of carnal, bloody, and unnatural acts,
Of accidental judgments, casual slaughters,
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So shall you hear
Of carnal, bloody, and unnatural acts,
Of accidental judgments, casual slaughters,
Of deaths put on by cunning and forced cause,
And, in this upshot, purposes mistook
Fall'n on th' inventors' heads.

Error is just as important a condition of life as truth

Error is just as important a condition of life as truth