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Error: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

The truth is perilous never to the true, Nor knowledge to the wise; and to the fool, And to the false, error and truth alike, Error is worse than ignorance.— BAILEY — Festus. Sc. A Mountain

Sunrise. Have too rashly charged the troops of error and remain as trophies unto the enemies of truth.— SIR THOMAS BROWNE — Religio Medici. Pt. I. Sec. VI.

Mistake, error, is the discipline through which we advance.— CHANNING — Address on The Present Age.

The cautious seldom err.— CONFUCIUS — Analects. Bk. IV. Ch. XXIII.

Man on the dubious waves of error toss'd.— COWPER — Poem on Truth. L. 1.

Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls, must dive below.— DRYDEN — All for Love. Prologue.

For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.— DRYDEN — Fables. The Cock and the Fox. L. 452.

Brother, brother; we are both in the wrong.— GAY — Beggar's Opera. Act II. Sc. 2.

Dark Error's other hidden side is truth.— VICTOR HUGO — La Légende des Siècles.

Cujusvis hominis est errare; nullius, nisi insipientis, in errore perseverare. Posteriores enim cogitationes (ut aiunt) sapientiores solent esse. Any man may make a mistake; none but a fool will stick to it. Second thoughts are best as the proverb says.— CICERO — Philippicæ. XII. 2.

Les plus courtes erreurs sont toujours les meilleures. The smallest errors are always the best.— MOLIÈRE — L'Etourdi. IV. 4.

Quand tout le monde a tort, tout le monde a raison. When every one is in the wrong, every one is in the right.— LA CHAUSSÉE — La Gouvernante. I. 3.

Est giebt Menschen die gar nicht irren, weil sie sich nichts Vernünftiges vorsetzen. There are men who never err, because they never propose anything rational.— GOETHE — Sprüche in Prosa. III.

Es irrt der Mensch so lang er strebt. While man's desires and aspirations stir, He can not choose but err.— GOETHE — Faust. Prolog im Himmel. Der Herr. L. 77.