Quotes by Errors There have been errors in the administration of the most enlightened men. Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough administration errors men The theologian may indulge the pleasing task of describing Religion as she descended from Heaven, arrayed in her native purity. A more melancholy duty is imposed on the historian. He must discover the inevitable mixture of error and corruption which she contracted in a long residence upon Earth, among a weak and degenerate race of beings. Edward Gibbon errors race long Say what we will, you may be sure that ambition is an error; its wear and tear of heart are never recompensed, -it steals away the freshness of life, -it deadens its vivid and social enjoyments, -it shuts our souls to our own youth, -and we are old ere we remember that we have made a fever and a labor of our raciest years. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton errors ambition heart Where error is irreparable, repentance is useless. Edward Gibbon repentance errors useless If everyone is trying to prevent error, it screws things up. Edwin Catmull errors screws trying The great Error of our Nature is, not to know where to stop, not to be satisfied with any reasonable Acquirement; not to compound with our Condition; but to lose all we have gained by an insatiable Pursuit after more. Edmund Burke pursuit conservative errors It is the glorious doom of literature that the evil perishes and the good remains. Even when the original author of some healthy and useful truth is forgotten, the truth survives, transplanted to works more calculated to purify it from error, and perpetuate it to our benefit. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton errors healthy evil At the last dim horizon, we search among ghostly errors of observations for landmarks that are scarcely more substantial. The search will continue. The urge is older than history. It is not satisfied and it will not be oppressed. Edwin Powell Hubble horizon errors lasts There we measure shadows, and we search among ghostly errors of measurement for landmarks that are scarcely more substantial. Edwin Powell Hubble telescopes shadow errors Earnest men never think in vain, though their thoughts may be errors. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton errors men thinking To misstate, or even merely understate, the relation of the universities to beauty is one kind of error that can be made. A university is among the precious things that can be destroyed. Elaine Scarry errors kind made When truth is divided, errors multiply. Eli Siegel ethics errors honesty Power must be used, but it must be tempered by soul-searching and the recognition of our human capacity for error. That is the maxim that should inform our approach to every challenge, from reforming state government to engaging in foreign affairs. Eliot Spitzer errors government challenges I like to say I don't have a fear of heights. I have a fear of human error. I'm very concerned about stupidity. Elizabeth Banks height stupidity errors Choices will continually be necessary and -- let us not forget -- possible. Obedience to God is always possible. It is a deadly error to fall into the notion that when feelings are extremely strong we can do nothing but act on them. Elisabeth Elliot errors strong fall It is bad to believe you in error. It would be infinitely worse to have known you a hypocrite. Elizabeth Gaskell errors hypocrite believe Every life is its own excuse for being, and to deny or refute the untrue things that are said of you is an error in judgment. All wrong recoils upon the doer, and the person who makes wrong statements about others is themselves to be pitied, not the person they vilify. It is better to be lied about than to lie. At the last no one can harm us but ourselves. Elbert Hubbard optimism errors lying Your enemy is one who misunderstands you; why should you not rise above the fog and see his error and respect him for the good qualities you find in him? Elbert Hubbard fog respect errors Of the many species that have existed on earth - estimates run as high as fifty billion - more than ninety-nine per cent have disappeared. In the light of this, it is sometimes joked that all of life today amounts to little more than a rounding error. Elizabeth Kolbert errors light running Our errors and failings are chinks in the heart's armor through which our true colors can shine. Elizabeth Lesser errors color heart «1920212223242526272829»
