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Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong. Thomas Jefferson

Truth, Ignorance, Wrong, Nothing, Than

To arrive at a contradiction is to confess an error in one's thinking; to maintain a contradiction is to abdicate one's mind and to evict oneself from the realm of reality. Ayn Rand

Mind, Thinking, Reality, Oneself, Arrive

Truth emerges more readily from error than from confusion. Francis Bacon

Truth, Confusion, More, Than, Readily

The first step toward finding God, Who is Truth, is to discover the truth about myself: and if I have been in error, this first step to truth is the discovery of my error. Thomas Merton

Myself, God, Truth, Step, Truth Is

It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare. Edmund Burke

Welfare, Most, Loudest, General, Anxious

Error is acceptable as long as we are young; but one must not drag it along into old age. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Age, Old Age, Long, Young, Old, Drag

I am indeed amazed when I consider how weak my mind is and how prone to error. Rene Descartes

I Am, Mind, Amazing, Weak, How, Indeed

Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes. Pope John Paul II

Science, Religion, Superstition, False

A hallucination is a fact, not an error; what is erroneous is a judgment based upon it. Bertrand Russell

Fact, Judgment, Hallucination, Based

I postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by giving, by losing. Anais Nin

Death, Suffering, Losing, Chance, Giving

The humblest citizen of all the land, when clad in the armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all the hosts of error. William Jennings Bryan

Stronger, Citizen, Land, Than, Cause

Lord keep us all from sin. Teach us how to walk circumspectly; enable us to guard our minds against error of doctrine, our hearts against wrong feelings, and our lives against evil actions. Charles Spurgeon

Walk, Evil, Feelings, Wrong, Sin, Hearts

Ignorance and error are necessary to life, like bread and water. Anatole France

Life, Water, Ignorance, Bread, Like

To rise from error to truth is rare and beautiful. Victor Hugo

Beautiful, Truth, Truth Is, Rise, Rare

It is the nature of every person to error, but only the fool perseveres in error. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Nature, Fool, Person, Only, Every

Try on 100 different hats if you can, until you find the one that suits you best. It's a trial and error thing. Philip Treacy

Best, Suits, You, Find, Try, Different

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

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

Man, Fool, Only, Any, Err, Liable

Our most tragic error may have been our inability to establish a rapport and a confidence with the press and television with the communication media. I don't think the press has understood me. Lyndon B. Johnson

Confidence, Communication, Me, Think

One of the most dangerous forms of human error is forgetting what one is trying to achieve. Paul Nitze

Dangerous, Trying, Achieve, Human, Most

A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value. Isaac Asimov

Great, Thought, Value, Rise, May, Give

Men have an extraordinarily erroneous opinion of their position in nature; and the error is ineradicable. W. Somerset Maugham

Nature, Men, Opinion, Position

We are built to make mistakes, coded for error. Lewis Thomas

Mistakes, Make, Built

If we didn't have genetic mutations, we wouldn't have us. You need error to open the door to the adjacent possible. Steven Johnson

Door, You, Need, Possible, Open, Us

For people involved in pre-meditated crimes, whether it is terrorism or robbery or something else, their use of technology means that they leave a digital trail, and the room for error goes up dramatically. In the future, it will be easier for violent people to make mistakes and get caught before they commit their crimes. Jared Cohen

Future, Terrorism, Technology, People

Goalkeeper is a very influential position, and that is becoming recognised now. If you think about it, any error that we make can be fatal for the team. It can lead to a goal and cause a defeat. Alisson

Team, Think, You, Defeat, Goal, Now

My biggest error? Something that is to happen yet. Ayrton Senna

Happen, Something, Biggest

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