Man may well have covered over and, so to speak, encrusted the truth with the errors he has loaded onto it, but these errors are local, and universal truth will always show itself.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I can't think of a major story that we have broken that was incorrect. But we have had to correct some things that were false; we have had to retract things.
If we notice a few errors in the work of a proven master, we may and even will often be correct; if we believe, however, that he is completely and utterly mistaken, we are in danger of missing his entire concept.
It is sometimes well for a blatant error to draw attention to overmodest truths.
It is a true man's part not to err, but it is also noble of a man to perceive his error.
Error is always more busy than truth.
What then in the last resort are the truths of mankind? They are the irrefutable errors of mankind.
The truthful man is usually a liar.
There is no original truth, only original error.
It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.
Man approaches the unattainable truth through a succession of errors.