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Errors 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…
- It is not so difficult a task as to plant new truths, as to root out old errors
- It is not so difficult a task to plant new truths, as to root out old errors; for there is this paradox in men, they…
- 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.
- Power. like the diamond, dazzles the beholder, and also the wearer; it dignifies meanness; it magnifies littleness; to what is contemptible, it gives authority; to…
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- 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
- The whole history of the Christian Church is a mixture of errors and violence. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- 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