Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.

Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.

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

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

A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a ton of explanation.

A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a ton of explanation.

I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors, and I shall adopt new views so fast as read more

I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors, and I shall adopt new views so fast as they shall appear to be true views

Error is just as important a condition of life as truth

Error is just as important a condition of life as truth

Ah, poor our sex! this fault in us I find,
The error of our eye directs our mind.
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Ah, poor our sex! this fault in us I find,
The error of our eye directs our mind.
What error leads must error.

Man approaches the unattainable truth through a succession of errors.

Man approaches the unattainable truth through a succession of errors.

When people once are in the wrong,
Each line they add is much too long;
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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.

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.