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PAUL R. EHRLICH A yawn may not be polite, but at least it is an honest opinion
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AESCHYLUS AESCHYLUS The wisest of the wise may err.
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JOHN T WALSH To err is human, to blame it on someone else is more human.
UNKNOWN To err is human - but it feels divine
MAE WEST To err is human - but it feels divine.
MAE WEST To err is human; to blame it on the other guy is even more human.
BOB GODDARD To err is human.
MATTHEW PRIOR To err is human.
UNKNOWN To err is human
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J.R.R. TOLKIEN The New Jersey character - at least this part of Jersey - is straightforward, plainspoken to the poi...
AUGUST KLEINZAHLER To err is human, to forgive, divine.
ALEXANDER POPE To err is human; to forgive, divine.
ALEXANDER POPE To err is human; to forget, divine.
J. H. GOLDFUSS To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.
FRANKLIN P. ADAMS To err is human, to forgive divine.
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ROBERT BYRNE To err is human. To disagree is unacceptable.
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JIM CRACE Though a man be wise it is no shame for him to live and learn
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FRED SEARS To err is human; but contrition felt for the crime distinguishes the virtuous from the wicked.
VITTORIO ALFIERI To err is human; but contrition felt for the crime distinguishes the virtuous from the wicked
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PLATO To err is human.
(Errare Humanum Est)
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LANE OLINGHOUSE To err is human, to learn ... now that's divine!
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ROBERT ORBEN We believe that to err is human. To blame it on someone else is politics.
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J. R. R. TOLKIEN We should not be so detached from reality as to treat an advisory opinion as though it were binding,...
DAN GILLERMAN To err is human, to repent divine, to persist devilish
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ANDRE MAUROIS The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion but rather to know it.
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MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO To err is human, to blame the next guy even more so.
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SENECA Ah, much deluded! lay aside
Thy threats, and anger misapplied!
Art not afraid with sounds ...
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