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Error Quotes by Charles Caleb Colton
- Ignorance is a blank sheet, on which we may write; but error is a scribbled one, on which we must first erase.
- Total freedom from error is what none of us will allow to our neighbors; however we may be inclined to flirt a little with such…
- With respect to the authority of great names, it should be remembered that he alone deserves to have any weight and influence with posterity, who…
- Unity of opinion is indeed a glorious and desirable thing, and its circle cannot be too strong and extended, if the centre be truth; but…
- Be very slow to believe that you are wiser than all others; it is a fatal but common error.
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- The chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit an error. — Hannah Arendt
- A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value. — Isaac Asimov
- Storytelling is a very old human skill that gives us an evolutionary advantage. If you can tell young people how you kill… — Margaret Atwood
- Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your… — Francis Bacon
- We have self-centered minds which get us into plenty of trouble. If we do not come to understand the error in the… — Joko Beck
- Human beings should only use technology which if the worst case happens, it leads to an acceptable damage. Definitely nuclear energy is… — Hans-Peter Durr
- In each succeeding war there is a tendency to proclaim as something new the principles under which it is conducted. Not only… — John J. Pershing