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To err is human also in so far as animals seldom or never err, or at least only the cleverest of them do so
It is sometimes well for a blatant error to draw attention to overmodest truths
Falsity cannot keep an idea from being beautiful; there are certain errors of such ingenuity that one could regret their not ranking among the achievements of the human mind
An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it contains
From error to error, one discovers the entire truth
The broadest and most prevalent error requires the most disinterested virtue to sustain it
Too great haste leads us to error
The smallest errors are always the best
Our understandings are always liable to error. Nature and certainty is very hard to come at; and infallibility is mere vanity and pretense
The most powerful cause of error is the war existing between the senses and reason
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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