#errors

Science in the modern world has many uses; its chief use, however, is to provide long words to cover the errors of the rich. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

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Indubitably, magic is one of the subtlest and most difficult of the sciences and arts. There is more opportunity for errors of comprehension, judgment and practice than in any other branch of physics. ↗

— Aleister Crowley

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The prospect of success in achieving our most cherished dream is not without its terrors. Who is more deprived and alone than the man who has achieved his dream? ↗

— Brendan Francis

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I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

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Confession of errors is like a broom which sweeps away the dirt and leaves the surface brighter and clearer. I feel stronger for confession. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

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I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to her errors and vomitings. I cannot prevent the French from being French. ↗

— Charles de Gaulle

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I would say the hierarchy has made terrible errors in judgment and it has to seek forgiveness by its members. ↗

— William P. Leahy

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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors. ↗

— Titus Livius

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Sometimes we may learn more from a man's errors, than from his virtues. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Darwin himself, in his day, was unable to fight free of the theoretical errors of which he was guilty. It was the classics of Marxism that revealed those errors and pointed them out. ↗

— Trofim Lysenko

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