Quotes
Quotes about Error
Every why hath a wherefore. -The Comedy of Errors. Act ii. Sc. 2.
Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast. -The Comedy of Errors. Act iii. Sc. 1.
One Pinch, a hungry lean-faced villain, A mere anatomy. -The Comedy of Errors. Act v. Sc. 1.
A needy, hollow-eyed, sharp-looking wretch, A living-dead man. -The Comedy of Errors. Act v. Sc. 1.
Let 's go hand in hand, not one before another. -The Comedy of Errors. Act v. Sc. 1.
She bears her down majestically near, Speed on her prow, and terror in her tier.
Controversy is only dreaded by the advocates of error.
Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.
The world always makes the assumption that the exposure of an error is identical with the discovery of truth--that the error and truth are simply opposite. They are nothing of the sort. What the world turns to, when it is cured on one error, is usually simply another error, and maybe one worse than the first one.
Be bold. If you're going to make an error, make a doozy, and don't be afraid to hit the ball.
Obscurity is the realm of error. [Fr., L'obscurite est le royaume de l'erreur.]
Serene yet strong, majestic yet sedate, Swift without violence, without terror great.
Any man may make a mistake; none but a fool will stick to it. Second thoughts are best as the proverb says. [Lat., Cujusvis hominis est errare; nullius, nisi insipientis, in errore perseverae. Posteriores enim cogitationes (ut aiunt) sapientiores solent esse.]
Truth crushed to earth shall rise again: Th' eternal years of God are hers; But Error, wounded, writhes in pain, And dies among his worshippers.
Errors like straws upon the surface flow: Who would search for pearls must dive below.
Truth gets well if she is run over by a locomotive, while error dies of lockjaw if she scratches her finger.
To err is natural; to rectify error is glory.
We ought not to look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dear-bought experience.
A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value.
Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory there is no survival.
The virtues of society are vices of the saint. The terror of reform is the discovery that we must cast away our virtues, or what we have always esteemed such, into the same pit that has consumed our grosser vices.
If you get to be thirty-five and your job still involves wearing a name tag, you've probably made a serious vocational error.
It is a fatal error to enter any war without the will to win it. â¢Douglas MacArthur All great civilisations, in their early stages, are based on success in war. â¢Kenneth Clark You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake. â¢Jeannette Rankin War - An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, to accomplish our will.
The weak have one weapon: the errors of those who think they are strong.
It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.
