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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

Other quotes by Sydney Smith

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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A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort. – Sydney Smith

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Confidence
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An old error is always more popular than a new truth. – Proverb

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Mistakes

The difference between greatness and mediocrity is often how an individual views a mistake… – Nelson Boswell

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Mistakes

When we make mistakes they call it evil. When God makes mistakes they call it Nature! – Jack Nicholson in The Witches of Eastwick

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Mistakes

I have made mistakes, but I never made the mistake of claiming that I never made one. – James Gordon Bennett

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Mistakes

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