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

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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...

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,...

It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on...

It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on...

The weak have one weapon: the errors of those who think they are strong.

The weak have one weapon: the errors of those who think they are strong.

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,...

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...

From error to error, one discovers the entire truth.

From error to error, one discovers the entire truth.

Errors using inadequate data are much less than those using no data at all.

Errors using inadequate data are much less than those using no data at all.

Even the youngest of us may be wrong sometimes

Even the youngest of us may be wrong sometimes

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...

A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that...

A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that...

In the material sciences these are and have been, and are most surely likely to...

In the material sciences these are and have been, and are most surely likely to...

Since, therefore, no man is born without faults, and he is esteemed the best whose...

Since, therefore, no man is born without faults, and he is esteemed the best whose...

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

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

Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man.

Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man.

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

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

He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled...

He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled...

If you're not making mistakes, you're not taking risks, and that means you're not going...

If you're not making mistakes, you're not taking risks, and that means you're not going...

Your best teacher is your last mistake.

Your best teacher is your last mistake.