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Nothing hurts a new truth more than an old error
Nothing hurts a new truth more than an old error
Sometimes we may learn more from a man's error than from his
virtues.
Sometimes we may learn more from a man's error than from his
virtues.
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.]
For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is
at least human.
For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is
at least human.
A man's errors are what make him amiable.
A man's errors are what make him amiable.
Admit your errors before someone else exaggerates them.
Admit your errors before someone else exaggerates them.
Mistake, error, is the discipline through which we advance.
Mistake, error, is the discipline through which we advance.
Brother, brother; we are both in the wrong.
Brother, brother; we are both in the wrong.
Error is just as important a condition of life as truth
Error is just as important a condition of life as truth