Err Quotes

Many after-dinner speakers remind us that to err is human.

The more important the subject and the closer it cuts to the bone of our hopes and needs, the more we are likely to err in establishing a framework for analysis.

To err is human, to purr feline.

To err is human; but contrition felt for the crime distinguishes the virtuous from the wicked.

If you have a little extra parking, I err on the side of getting rid of it in favor of having some more greenery.

To err is human; to forgive, divine.

No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.

I shall never be a heretic; I may err in dispute, but I do not wish to decide anything finally; on the other hand, I am not bound by the opinions of men.

For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human.

If I err in belief that the souls of men are immortal, I gladly err, nor do I wish this error which gives me pleasure to be wrested from me while I live.

Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.

To err is human; to admit it, superhuman.

When there are multiple versions of a story, you really have three ways to go. You can pick the most sensational version. You can try to balance things in your gut to get to what you think is the honest truth. Or you can err on the side of kindness.

To err is human also in so far as animals seldom or never err, or at least only the cleverest of them do so.

My view is that when in doubt, society should err on the side of life.

To this day I don't ever remember seeing a pet inside Moscow, I never saw anyone carrying a dog, or leading a dog. Err I finally saw a, a pet some years later in Kiev, so I thought that life must have been, different.

As great as kings may be, they are what we are: they can err like other men.

To err is human - and to blame it on a computer is even more so.

I may err in judgment, but I hope not in intention.

Dare to err and to dream. Deep meaning often lies in childish plays.

It is even better to act quickly and err than to hesitate until the time of action is past.

It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.

To err is human but to really foul up requires a computer.

Men err from selfishness; women because they are weak.

It is better to err on the side of daring than the side of caution.

To err is human. To blame someone else is politics.

If one is going to err, one should err on the side of liberty and freedom.

I am conservative by temperament. I disapprove of criminal activity. I am very solidly and markedly on the side of authority. The truth is I would rather err on the side of too much authority than too little.

Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error.

Let us unite on the safe and sure ground of fact and experiment, and we can never err; yet better, we can never differ.