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It is only an error in judgment to make a mistake, but it shows infirmity of character to adhere to read more
It is only an error in judgment to make a mistake, but it shows infirmity of character to adhere to it when discovered
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.]
The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.
The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.
Some positive persisting fops we know,
Who, if once wrong, will needs be always so;
But you read more
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.
Truth lies within a little and certain compass, but error is immense.
Truth lies within a little and certain compass, but error is immense.
A man's errors are what make him amiable.
A man's errors are what make him amiable.
Nothing hurts a new truth more than an old error
Nothing hurts a new truth more than an old error
Admit your errors before someone else exaggerates them.
Admit your errors before someone else exaggerates them.
Have too rashly charged the troops of error and remain as
trophies unto the enemies of truth.
Have too rashly charged the troops of error and remain as
trophies unto the enemies of truth.
