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Error (n.) is mostly pleasure's doing: it appears a good when it is not.
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Error (n.) must be explained, not just refuted: showing why the false view looks true is what produces belief in the true one.
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Error (n.) in poetry is of two kinds: painting a hind with horns is a lesser fault than painting it inartistically.
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Error (n.) does not wander at random: it heads for the contrary of the truth — which is why bad choices always fall to excess or defect.
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Error (n.) has degrees: whoever thinks four things are five is less wrong than whoever thinks they are a thousand — so there must be a truth the less wrong is nearer to.