VIRTUAL DICTIONARY - FAMOUS QUOTES

The truth is perilous never to the true, Nor knowledge to the wise; and to the fool, And to the false, error and truth alike, Error is worse than ignorance.

Have too rashly charged the troops of error and remain as trophies unto the enemies of truth.

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

To err is human, but to persevere in error is only the act of a fool.

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.

The cautious seldom err.

Man on the dubious waves of error toss'd.

Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls, must dive below.

Brother, brother; we are both in the wrong.

While man's desires and aspirations stir, He can not choose but err.

There are men who never err, because they never propose anything rational.

One goes to the right, the other to the left; both are wrong, but in different directions.

Dark Error's other hidden side is truth.

When every one is in the wrong, every one is in the right.

Knowledge being to be had only of visible and certain truth, error is not a fault of our knowledge, but a mistake of our judgment, giving assent to that which is not true.

Sometimes we may learn more from a man's error than from his virtues.

The smallest errors are always the best.

A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a ton of explanation.

The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.

For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human.