Brother, brother; we are both in the wrong.

Brother, brother; we are both in the wrong.

Some positive persisting fops we know,
Who, if once wrong, will needs be always so;
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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.

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.]

Error is just as important a condition of life as truth

Error is just as important a condition of life as truth

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.

Dark Error's other hidden side is truth.

Dark Error's other hidden side is truth.

Man on the dubious waves of error toss'd.

Man on the dubious waves of error toss'd.

An error doesn't become a mistake until you refuse to correct it.

An error doesn't become a mistake until you refuse to correct it.

To err is human.

To err is human.