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“As the strata of the earth preserve in succession the living creatures of past epochs, so the shelves of libraries preserve in succession the errors of the past and their expositions, which like the former were very lively and made a great commotion in their own age but now stand petrified and stiff in a place where only the literary palaeontologist regards them.”

Made Age Earth Past Creatures Regard Errors Library Former Preserves Shelves Succession Lively Living Creatures

Book:On the Suffering of the World

Source: On the Suffering of the World

“Destiny is but a phrase of the weak human heart - the dark apology for every error. The strong and virtuous admit no destiny. On earth conscience guides; in heaven God watches. And destiny is but the phantom we invoke to silence the one and dethrone the other.”

Humans Heart Earth Strong Heaven Dark Silence Watches Destiny Conscience Weak Errors Guides Phrases Apology Virtuous Human Heart Phantoms Invoke

Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton

“So be it. God created profoundly fallible creatures on this earth, and human history is mostly the story of error and accident.”

Humans Stories Earth Creatures Errors Accidents Human History Fallibility

Author:Michael A. Ledeen

“One of the things that sets the Bible apart from all other ancient religious writings is its scientific accuracy. Without exception, every other ancient religious writing contains certain scientific errors. For example, Muhammad taught in the Qur'an that the sun descends down into a muddy spring. The Hindu Vedas state that the Earth is flat and triangular, that earthquakes are caused by elephants shaking themselves under it. You'll never read absurd statements like those in the Bible.”

Writing States Earth Certain Religious Sun Example Taught Spring Bible Errors Ancient Statements Absurd Exception Flats Elephants Shaking Muhammad Earthquakes Accuracy Muddy Vedas

Author:Charlie Campbell

“The earth we inhabit is an error, an incompetent parody. Mirrors and paternity are abominable because they multiply and affirm it.”

Earth Mirrors Errors Incompetent Parody

Book:A Universal History of Iniquity

Source: A Universal History of Iniquity

“Oh the grave!--the grave!--It buries every error--covers every defect--extinguishes every resentment! From its peaceful bosom spring none but fond regrets and tender recollections. Who can look down upon the grave even of an enemy, and not feel a compunctious throb, that he should ever have warred with the poor handful of earth that lies mouldering before him!”

Feels Should Looks Earth Death Lying Poor Enemy Regret Spring Errors Graves Peaceful Resentment Defects Handful Bosoms Recollection

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Washington Irving (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Washington Irving (Illustrated)

“A great and frequent error in our judgment of human nature is to suppose that those sentiments and feelings have no existence, which may be only for a time concealed. The precious metals are not found at the surface of the earth, except in sandy places.”

Humans May Character Feelings Earth Found Existence Human Nature Judgment Errors Surface Sentiments Metals Concealed Sandy Precious Metal

Book:Essays and aphorisms

Source: Essays and aphorisms

“Fear, the strength of earth's religions, gripping every living soul, Was a monstrous human error for the making of men whole.”

Men Humans Soul Whole Earth Fear Errors Monstrous Gripping Human Error

Author:Laurell K. Hamilton

“Error's monstrous shapes from earth are driven They fade, they fly--but truth survives the flight.”

Earth Shapes Errors Driven Flight Fades Monstrous

Author:William C. Bryant

“Find earth where grows no weed, and you may find a heart wherein no error grows.”

Heart May Earth Grows Errors Weed

Book:The Dramatic Works of J. S. K. With a Memoir by R. Shelton Mackenzie

Source: The Dramatic Works of J. S. K. With a Memoir by R. Shelton Mackenzie

“The doctrine that the earth is neither the center of the universe nor immovable, but moves even with a daily rotation, is absurd, and both philosophically and theologically false, and at the least an error of faith.”

Earth Moving Religion Universe Errors Doctrine Absurd Center Of The Universe Rotation

Author:Galileo Galilei

“Of the many species that have existed on earth - estimates run as high as fifty billion - more than ninety-nine per cent have disappeared. In the light of this, it is sometimes joked that all of life today amounts to little more than a rounding error.”

Littles Sometimes Light Running Today Earth Environment Amount Survival Errors Species Billions Nine Fifty Cents Ninety Ninety Nine

Author:Elizabeth Kolbert

“He that seeks perfection upon earth leaves nothing new for the saints to find in heaven; for whilst men teach, there will be mistakes in divinity, and as long as no other govern, errors in the State.”

Men Long States Earth Heaven Mistake Teach Perfection Errors Saint Theology Divinity Nothing New

Author:Frances Osborne