Honor thy error as a hidden intention.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
If I commit an error I do it without bad intention.
It is the nature of every person to error, but only the fool perseveres in error.
It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.
It is better to destroy one's own errors than those of others.
Say not that honor is the child of boldness, nor believe thou that the hazard of life alone can pay the price of it: it is not to the action that it is due, but to the manner of performing it.
I am indeed willing to acknowledge what I have done, an error and presumption. I will call it an error and presumption because I swerved from the accustomed flowery paths of female delicacy.
As this is the first time I have had the floor, it may be well for me now to confess, that I am in the habit of freely imputing errors to my fellow-men.
To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact.
It is the highest form of self-respect to admit our errors and mistakes and make amends for them. To make a mistake is only an error in judgment, but to adhere to it when it is discovered shows infirmity of character.
An error doesn't become a mistake until you refuse to correct it.