Error is a hardy plant: it flourisheth in every soil.

Martin Farquhar Tupper

Of Truth in Things False

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Mistakes

Author

Martin Farquhar Tupper

Source

Of Truth in Things False

Language

English

Time

1838 1830s 19th century

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Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Tupper, Martin Farquhar. "Of Truth in Things False." Proverbial Philosophy. London: Joseph Rickerby, 1838.

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Although we are mere sojourners on the surface of the planet, chained to a mere point in space, enduring but for a moment of time, the human mind is not only enabled to number worlds beyond the unassisted ken of mortal eye, but to trace the events of indefinite ages before the creation of our race, and is not even withheld from penetrating into the dark secrets of the ocean, or the interior of the solid globe.

Charles Lyell

Principles of Geology

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Topic
Scientific progress

Author

Charles Lyell
Source
Principles of Geology
Genre
Scientific literature
Language
English
Time
1830 1830s 19th century
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Citation

Lyell, Charles, Sir. Principles of Geology: Being an Attempt to Explain the Former Changes of the Earth's Surface, by Reference to Causes Now in Operation. Vol. 1, London: John Murray, 1830.

Another quote about Mistakes

Experience keeps a dear school, yet Fools will learn In no other.

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

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Topic
Learning from mistakes Mistakes Life experience Learning Fools

Author

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)
Source
Poor Richard's Almanack
Medium
Almanac
Statement Type
Proverbs, aphorisms and adages
Language
English
Time
1743 1740s 18th century
Era
Colonial America
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard's Almanack. Philadelphia, 1743.

Current Citation

Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1743." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.