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Error Quotes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- I could never have known so well how paltry men are, and how little they care for really high aims, if I had not tested…
- Quite often, as life goes on, when we feel completely secure as we go on our way, we suddenly notice that we are trapped in…
- Most man only care for science so far as they get a living by it, and that they worship even error when it affords them…
- Always to distrust is an error, as well as always to trust.
- Error is acceptable as long as we are young; but one must not drag it along into old age.
- Oh happy he who still can hope in our day to breathe the truth while plunged in seas of error! What we don't know is…
- Truth is contrary to our nature, not so error, and this for a very simple reason: truth demands that we should recognize ourselves as limited,…
- Truth has to be repeated constantly, because Error also is being preached all the time, and not just by a few, but by the multitude.…
- The day is committed to error and floundering; success and achievement are matters of long range.
- Nothing is more damaging to the truth than an old error.
- It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter lies…
- Nothing hurts a new truth more than an old error
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
- An error doesn't become a mistake until you refuse to correct it. — Orlando Aloysius Battista
- 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
- This Old Testament - containing error, folly, absurdity and immorality - is by English statute law declared to be of divine authority,… — Annie Besant
- Studies have shown that 90% of error in thinking is due to error in perception. If you can change your perception, you… — Edward de Bono