Error is a hardy plant; it flourisheth in every coil; In the heart of the wise and good, alike with the wicked and foolish; For there is no error so crooked, but it hath in it some lines of truth

Quote by Martin Fraquhar Tupper

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Prayer is the slender nerve that moves the muscle of omnipotence.

Prayer is the slender nerve that moves the muscle of omnipotence.

Never say, 'oops.' Always say, 'Ah, interesting.'

Never say, 'oops.' Always say, 'Ah, interesting.'

I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors, and I shall adopt...

I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors, and I shall adopt...

We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors,...

We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors,...

From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.

From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.

From error to error, one discovers the entire truth.

From error to error, one discovers the entire truth.

Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. You don't fail overnight. Instead, failure is a...

Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. You don't fail overnight. Instead, failure is a...

I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal....

I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal....

An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become...

An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become...

One cannot too soon forget his errors and misdemeanors; for to dwell upon them is...

One cannot too soon forget his errors and misdemeanors; for to dwell upon them is...

If you don't make mistakes, you're not working on hard enough problems. And that's a...

If you don't make mistakes, you're not working on hard enough problems. And that's a...

All faiths constitute a revelation of Truth, but all are imperfect and liable to error

All faiths constitute a revelation of Truth, but all are imperfect and liable to error

Failure is simply a few errors in judgment, repeated every day.

Failure is simply a few errors in judgment, repeated every day.

The errors of women spring, almost always, from their faith in the good, or their...

The errors of women spring, almost always, from their faith in the good, or their...

The people are the only censors of their governors, and even their errors will tend...

The people are the only censors of their governors, and even their errors will tend...

Nothing hurts a new truth more than an old error

Nothing hurts a new truth more than an old error

To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than,...

To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than,...

No cause is helpless if it is just. Errors, no matter how popular, carry the...

No cause is helpless if it is just. Errors, no matter how popular, carry the...

An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it...

An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it...