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“No man complains of his neighbor for ill management of his affairs, for an error in sowing his land, or marrying his daughter, for consuming his substance in taverns ... in all these he has liberty; but if he does not frequent the church, or then conform in ceremonies, there is an immediate uproar.”

Ifs Men Doe Church Liberty Land Daughter Management Errors Affair Ill Positive Atheism Neighbor Complaining Substance Conform Ceremony Consuming Marrying Sowing Taverns

Author:Thomas Jefferson

“It is not so difficult a task to plant new truths, as to root out old errors; for there is this paradox in men, they run after that which is new, but are prejudiced in favor of that which is old.”

Men Running Difficult Tasks Roots Plant Errors Favors Paradox

Book:Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think

Source: Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think

“Since, therefore, no man is born without faults, and he is esteemed the best whose errors are the least, let the wise man consider everything human as connected with himself; for in worldly affairs there is no perfect happiness under heaven.”

Men Humans Heaven Born Perfect Wise Errors Faults Affair Connected Worldly Perfect Happiness

Author:Gerald of Wales

“The errors of a wise man are literally more instructive than the truths of a fool. The wise man travels in lofty, far-seeing regions; the fool in low-lying, high-fenced lanes; retracing the footsteps of the former, to discover where he diviated, whole provinces of the universe are laid open to us; in the path of the latter, granting even that he has not deviated at all, little is laid open to us but two wheel-ruts and two hedges.”

Men Littles Two Whole Science Lying Universe Path Wise Seeing Fool Lows Errors Former Wheels Latter Regions Lanes Footsteps Lofty Provinces Ruts Two Wheels

Book:The Works of Thomas Carlyle

Source: The Works of Thomas Carlyle

“Error is the force that welds men together; truth is communicated to men only by deeds of truth.”

Men Together Force Truth Is Errors Deeds

Book:My confession; My religion; The Gospel in brief

Source: My confession; My religion; The Gospel in brief

“There are men who never err, because they never propose anything rational.”

Men Errors Rational Propose

Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“A man's errors are what make him amiable.”

Men Errors Amiable

Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“In other men we faults can spy,/ And blame the mote that dims their eye;/ Each little speck and blemish find;/ To our own stronger errors blind.”

Men Littles Eye Stronger Blame Blind Errors Faults Blindness Spy Specks

Book:Poor Richard's Almanack

Source: Poor Richard's Almanack

“By Hercules! I prefer to err with Plato, whom I know how much you value, than to be right in the company of such men.”

Knows Men Values Company Know How Errors Plato

Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Man on the dubious waves of error toss'd.”

Men Errors Wave Toss Dubious

Author:William Cowper