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Error Quotes by Henry David Thoreau
- The broadest and most prevalent error requires the most disinterested virtue to sustain it.
- Our science, so called, is always more barren and mixed with error than our sympathies.
- You can hardly convince a man of error in a life-time, but must content yourself with the reflection that the progress of science is slow.…
More Error Quotes
- 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
- 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 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 get your… — 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 over-confidence, fear;… — Bruce Barton