Err Quotes

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

Simple, Humility, Enough

To err is human; to forgive, divine.
Alexander Pope

Human, Forgive, Divine

No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.
Hunter S. Thompson

Good, Wise, Fool

It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.
Mahatma Gandhi

Wisdom, Sure, Might

Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.
Mahatma Gandhi

The cautious seldom err.
Confucius

Seldom, Cautious

To err is human, but it feels divine.
Mae West

Human, Divine, Feels

I shall never be a heretic; I may err in dispute, but I do not wish to decide anything finally; on the other hand, I am not bound by the opinions of men.
Martin Luther

To err is human. To blame someone else is politics.
Hubert H. Humphrey

Politics, Someone, Human

We believe that to err is human. To blame it on someone else is politics.
Hubert H. Humphrey

Politics, Someone, Human

Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Fool, Error, Liable

Experience does not err. Only your judgments err by expecting from her what is not in her power.
Leonardo da Vinci

Power, Experience, Her

If I err in belief that the souls of men are immortal, I gladly err, nor do I wish this error which gives me pleasure to be wrested from me while I live.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Men, Live, Wish

Forgive, son; men are men; they needs must err.
Euripides

Men, Forgive, Son

For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human.
Plutarch

Men, Wise, Human

To err is human - and to blame it on a computer is even more so.
Robert Orben

Human, Blame, Computer

It is even better to act quickly and err than to hesitate until the time of action is past.
Karl Von Clausewitz

Time, Past, Until

It is better to err on the side of daring than the side of caution.
Alvin Toffler

Side, Daring, Caution

Dare to err and to dream. Deep meaning often lies in childish plays.
Friedrich Schiller

Deep, Dream, Often

The wisest of the wise may err.
Aeschylus

Wise, May, Wisest

To err is human, to purr feline.
Robert Byrne

To err is human; to admit it, superhuman.
Doug Larson

Human, Admit, Superhuman

As great as kings may be, they are what we are: they can err like other men.
Pierre Corneille

Great, Men, May

To err is human also in so far as animals seldom or never err, or at least only the cleverest of them do so.
Georg C. Lichtenberg

Human, Far, Seldom

To err is human but to really foul up requires a computer.
Dan Rather

Human, Computer, Foul

If one is going to err, one should err on the side of liberty and freedom.
Kofi Annan

Freedom, Liberty, Side

Men err from selfishness; women because they are weak.
Madame de Stael

Women, Men, Weak

When there are multiple versions of a story, you really have three ways to go. You can pick the most sensational version. You can try to balance things in your gut to get to what you think is the honest truth. Or you can err on the side of kindness.
Walter Isaacson

Truth, Kindness, Try

The more important the subject and the closer it cuts to the bone of our hopes and needs, the more we are likely to err in establishing a framework for analysis.
Stephen Jay Gould

Important, Needs, Subject

To err is human; but contrition felt for the crime distinguishes the virtuous from the wicked.
Vittorio Alfieri

Human, Felt, Crime

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