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Errors to be dangerous must have a great deal of truth mingled wit

Errors to be dangerous must have a great deal of truth mingled with them. It is only from this alliance that they can ever obtain an extensive circulation. – Sydney Smith

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The observances of the church concerning feasts and fasts are tolerably well-kept, since the rich keep the feasts and the poor keep the fasts. – Sydney Smith

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Fasting
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Sydney Smith
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No one is worse, for knowing the worst of themselves. – Proverb

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All wrong doing is done in the sincere belief that it is the best thing to do. – Arnold Bennett

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Admit your errors before someone else exaggerates them. – Andrew V. Mason

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Truth will sooner come out of error than from confusion. – Francis Bacon

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