"To err is nature, to rectify error is…" — George Washington
"To err is nature, to rectify error is glory."
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525 Quotes by George Washington
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The value of liberty was thus enhanced in our estimation by the difficulty of its attainment, and the worth of…
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To please everybody is impossible; were I to undertake it, I should probably please nobody.
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The bosom of America is open to receive not only the Opulent and respected Stranger, but the oppressed and persecuted…
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I had always hoped that this land might become a safe and agreeable asylum to the virtuous and persecuted part…
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[Let] the poor the needy and oppressed of the Earth, and those who want Land, resort to the fertile lands…
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The policy or advantage of [immigration] taking place in a body (I mean the settling of them in a body)…
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I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.
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The advancement of agriculture, commerce and manufactures, by all proper means, will not, I trust, need recommendation. But I cannot…
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Every post is honourable in which a man can serve his country.
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To place any dependence upon militia, is, assuredly, resting upon a broken staff.
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Make the most of the Indian Hemp Seed and sow it everywhere.
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The United States is in no way founded upon the Christian religion
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More Err Quotes
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one of 188 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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The wisest of the wise may err.
— Aeschylus
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Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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If I err in belief that the souls of men are immortal, I gladly err, nor do I wish this…
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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It is even better to act quickly and err than to hesitate until the time of action is past.
— Carl von Clausewitz
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They all err - Muslims, Christians, Jews and Magians. There are two kinds of humans - the intelligent, who have…
— Al-MaÊ¿arri
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While man's desires and aspirations stir he cannot choose but err.
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Err in the direction of kindness.
— George Saunders
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Judgement of beauty can err, what with the wine and the dark.
— Ovid
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To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.
— Franklin P. Adams
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When in doubt, err on the side of generosity.
— Ping Fu
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I am in the valley of prayer on the issue of gay marriage, and I will err on the side…
— Joseph Lowery
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We should greatly err, if we endeavoured to force all ancient nature into a close comparison with existing operations.
— Roderick Murchison
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