There is no error so monstrous that it fails to find defenders among the ablest men. Imagine a congress of eminent celebrities such as More Bacon Grotius Pascal Cromwell Bossuet Montesquieu Jefferson Napoleon Pitt etc. The result would be an Encyclopedia of Errors.
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A clever man commits no minor blunders.
Men are men they needs must err.
Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.
All sins cast long shadows.
A man can believe a considerable deal of rubbish and yet go about his daily work in a rational and cheerful manner.
There is nothing wrong with making mistakes. Just don't respond with encores.
Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man.
Cowardice as distinguished from panic is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination.
Many often errors lead to discoveries, but our fantasies and limitations are tested by blunders!