"Learning preserves the errors of the past as……" — Alfred North Whitehead
"Learning preserves the errors of the past as well as its wisdom."
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- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- The chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit an error. — Hannah Arendt
- All sorts of computer errors are now turning up. You'd be surprised to know the number of doctors who claim… — Isaac Asimov
- A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great… — Isaac Asimov
- Storytelling is a very old human skill that gives us an evolutionary advantage. If you can tell young people how… — Margaret Atwood
- Errors using inadequate data are much less than those using no data at all. — Charles Babbage
- Truth emerges more readily from error than from confusion. — Francis Bacon
- Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you… — Francis Bacon
- There is no error so monstrous that it fails to find defenders among the ablest men. — Lord Acton
- Action and reaction, ebb and flow, trial and error, change - this is the rhythm of living. Out of our… — Bruce Barton
- Whatever failures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies I have witnessed in private and public life… — Bernard Baruch
- An error doesn't become a mistake until you refuse to correct it. — Orlando Aloysius Battista