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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

Fool, Err, Liable

I entered the health care debate in response to a statement in the United States press in summer 2009 which claimed the National Health Service in Great Britain would have killed me off, were I a British citizen. I felt compelled to make a statement to explain the error. Stephen Hawking

Explain, United, Britain

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

Science, Religion, Idolatry

This is not a contest between persons. The humblest citizen in all the land, when clad in the armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all the hosts of error. I come to you in defense of a cause as holy as the cause of liberty - the cause of humanity. William Jennings Bryan

Citizen, Clad, Contest

There can be no greater error than to expect, or calculate, upon real favors from nation to nation. It is an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard. George Washington

Nation, Which, Discard

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, Maintain

A man of real purpose puts his faith in himself always. Sometimes he refuses even to put his faith in the gods. So from time to time, he falls into error. Isoroku Yamamoto

Purpose, Always, Sometimes

Yes, there is a terrible moral in 'Dorian Gray' - a moral which the prurient will not be able to find in it, but it will be revealed to all whose minds are healthy. Is this an artistic error? I fear it is. It is the only error in the book. Oscar Wilde

Will, Yes, Which

Whoever conquers a free town and does not demolish it commits a great error and may expect to be ruined himself. Niccolo Machiavelli

May, Town, Conquers

I don't think you'll ever have a perfect world because we humans are prone to error, and so we're always in search of an upgrade. Henry Rollins

Perfect, Think, Always

Nine times out of ten, in the arts as in life, there is actually no truth to be discovered; there is only error to be exposed. H. L. Mencken

Nine, Times, Actually

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, Discover, Been

Humans have 3 percent human error, and a lot of companies can't afford to be wrong 3 percent of the time anymore, so we close that 3 percent gap with some of the technologies. The AI we've developed doesn't make mistakes. Walter O'Brien

Mistakes, Some, AI

It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and another to put him in possession of the truth. John Locke

Truth, Possession, Another

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

Happen, Something, Biggest

The most common error made in matters of appearance is the belief that one should disdain the superficial and let the true beauty of one's soul shine through. If there are places on your body where this is a possibility, you are not attractive - you are leaking. Charles Lamb

Beauty, Soul, Through

The French word for wanderlust or wandering is 'errance.' The etymology is the same as 'error.' So to wander is to make mistakes. In other words, to make mistakes, to make errors is sort of the idea of learning through trial and error, allowing the mistakes to be part of the process. Robyn Davidson

Through, Idea, Other

God is another name for human intelligence raised above all error and imperfection, and extended to all possible truth. William Ellery Channing

Possible, Raised, Another

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

Citizen, Righteous, Clad

Delay is preferable to error. - Thomas Jefferson

Delay is preferable to error. Thomas Jefferson

Delay, Preferable

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

Beautiful, Truth, Rare

The interval between the decay of the old and the formation and establishment of the new constitutes a period of transition which must always necessarily be one of uncertainty, confusion, error, and wild and fierce fanaticism. John C. Calhoun

New, Always, Which

The chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit an error. Hannah Arendt

Leader, Never, Qualification

We didn't have music videos. You weren't an overnight sensation. You had to work at it and learn your craft: how to take care of your voice, how to pace your concerts, all that trial and error. Aretha Franklin

Work, Voice, Learn

Action and reaction, ebb and flow, trial and error, change - this is the rhythm of living. Out of our over-confidence, fear; out of our fear, clearer vision, fresh hope. And out of hope, progress. Bruce Barton

Change, Living, Reaction

Give me a fruitful error anytime, full of seeds, bursting with its own corrections. Vilfredo Pareto

Seeds, Give, Corrections

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