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> [“In philosophy all truth is old and only error is original.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-durant/in-philosophy-all-truth-is-old-and-only-error-is-original/)

[Will Durant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-durant/)

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> [Nothing hurts a new truth more than an old error](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/nothing-hurts-a-new-truth-more-than-an-old-error/)

[Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

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> [A new truth is a truth, an old error is an error.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/a-new-truth-is-a-truth-an-old-error-is-an-error/)

[Benjamin Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-franklin/)

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> [“Knowledge is an old error remembering its youth”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-picabia/knowledge-is-an-old-error-remembering-its-youth/)

[Francis Picabia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-picabia/)

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> [Nothing is more damaging to the truth than an old error.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/nothing-is-more-damaging-to-the-truth-than-an-old-error/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

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> [Custom, though never so ancient, without truth, is but an old error.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cyprian/custom-though-never-so-ancient-without-truth-is-but-an-old-error/)

[Cyprian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cyprian/)

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