Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources / Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them

by Rev. James Wood

Errare malo cum Platone, quam cum istis vera 45 sentire—I had rather be wrong with Plato than think right with those men. Cic.

Errata—Errors in print.

Erringen will der Mensch, er will nicht sicher sein—Man will ever wrestle; he will never trust. Goethe.

Erring is not cheating. Ger. Pr.

Error cannot be defended but by error. Bp. Jewel.

Error is always more busy than ignorance. 50 Ignorance is a blank sheet on which we may write, but error is a scribbled one from which we must first erase. Colton.

Error is always talkative. Goldsmith.

Error is but opinion in the making. Milton.

Error is but the shadow of truth. Stillingfleet.

Error is created; truth is eternal. Wm. Blake.