#errors

My failures have been errors in judgment, not of intent. ↗

— Ulysses S. Grant

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If we notice a few errors in the work of a proven master, we may and even will often be correct; if we believe, however, that he is completely and utterly mistaken, we are in danger of missing his entire concept. ↗

— Franz Grillparzer

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The ideas which now pass for brilliant innovations and advances are in fact mere revivals of ancient errors, and a further proof of the dictum that those who are ignorant of the past are condemned to repeat it. ↗

— Henry Hazlitt

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Habit is the nursery of errors. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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Man approaches the unattainable truth through a succession of errors. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

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Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

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The stream of time sweeps away errors, and leaves the truth for the inheritance of humanity. ↗

— Georg Brandes

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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors. ↗

— Titus Livius

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There are sadistic scientists who hurry to hunt down errors instead of establishing the truth. ↗

— Marie Curie

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The disruptive powers of excessive national fecundity may have played a greater part in bursting the bonds of convention than either the power of ideas or the errors of autocracy. ↗

— John Maynard Keynes

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