From the errors of others a wise man corrects his own.
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From errors of others a wise man corrects his own.
From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.
quote by Publilius Syrus
Submitted by Lucian Velea
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Errors
there will be always errors
my errors
not yours, even your errors
shall be mine
for there will always be errors
that is too normal
for our lifetime
too short to be erroneous
but always real
too real to be touched
too exciting
to be always noticed
and too numb to be affected
by their
hypocrisies
you too? oh my, why?
don't you like to be the most normal
bird with only two wings
to fly?
how can you use a third wing?
to see with the third eye
aren't you funny to see
on this third
excess?
come, let us feast on these errors
drink these glasses of errors
be filled and vomit with errors
defecate these errors
and be empty again
after having learned so much
to become the
newest genius in this town
of errors.
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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Signs for Change
Subtly surfing through the whole
Inside, unseen, our chrysalid
Grows to maturity. Though hid,
Now metamorphosis its role
Shall wor[l]ds connect as inner soul
Finds wings to fly without the grid
Of Time's restrictions, nought forbid
Remains to suffocate, control.
Change is not just a casserole
Heated by chance encounters mid
A soup confused, un[l]inked, unbid.
New Year [b]rings changes as Life's goal
Gleams clear, though distant, signals sends
Errors corrects, and bridges mends.
(1st January 1999)
poem by Jonathan Robin
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In his errors a man is true to type. Observe the errors and you will know the man.
To Correct An Error
an error is an error
and errors exist for the main reason that
they are meant to be corrected
it takes the eyes of the loving person
to correct the errors
of his beloved
gently and
carefully away from the mob
and the crowd that love
the mockery
of errors corrected in the middle
of the public halls
inside a closed door
i hold your hand
caress your face
and your hair
and kiss you and then tell you
you taste like a rotten apple.
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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Penalties
He who does not practice what he teaches,
Does not teach himself;
But professing themselves to be wise,
They became fools.
They are simpletons,
Not practicing what they preach;
Like the penalties of their own errors.
poem by Edward Kofi Louis
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Since, therefore, no man is born without faults, and he is esteemed the best whose errors are the least, let the wise man consider everything human as connected with himself; for in worldly affairs there is no perfect happiness under heaven.
quote by Giraldus Cambrensis
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Darwin himself, in his day, was unable to fight free of the theoretical errors of which he was guilty. It was the classics of Marxism that revealed those errors and pointed them out.
quote by Trofim Lysenko
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Each generation writes off earlier errors as the result of bad thinking, of less able minds--and then confidently embarks on making fresh errors of its own.
Michael Crichton in Prey
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To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.
TCP works very hard to get the data delivered in order without errors and does retransmissions and recoveries and all that kind of stuff which is exactly what you want in a file transfer because so you don't want any errors in your file.
quote by Jon Postel
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Football is a game of errors. The team that makes the fewest errors in a game usually wins.
quote by Paul Brown
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Nourishment
Do not be very wise in your own eyes,
But living entirely away from evil will bring health to your body!
And nourishment to your bones;
For the sweet muse of love is always around you.
Filled with plenty and loved with mercy,
Just as the father corrects his children;
But living entirely away from evil will bring you health,
And nourishment to your bones!
poem by Edward Kofi Louis
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There are two equal and opposite errors into which our race can fall about the devils. One is to disbelieve in their existence. The other is to believe, and to feel an excessive and unhealthy interest in them. They themselves are equally pleased by both errors and hail a materialist or a magician with the same delight.
C.S. Lewis in The Screwtape Letters, Preface (1942)
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Your performance depends on your people. Select the best, train them and back them. When errors occur, give sharper guidance. If errors persist or if the fit feels wrong, help them move on. The country cannot afford amateur hour in the White House.
quote by Donald Rumsfeld
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Free From A Deluded Need
Too serious I've become,
With a different point of view.
Too serious,
And...
Too complexed.
With my eyes free of clouds.
Following a Sun,
That has etched with clarity...
A connection that corrects.
I have no wish to satisfy,
Misunderstandings I have left.
I have no wish to revisit,
Repeated regrets.
Too serious I've become,
With a different point of view.
Too serious,
And...
Too complexed.
With my eyes free of clouds.
Following a Sun,
That has etched with clarity...
A connection that corrects.
And clarity is what I seek,
On a path to become...
The very best I can be!
And with clarity I am free,
From a deluded need...
To impress!
Free from a deluded need,
To address pretentions.
poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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A True Disciple
a true disciple listens
and takes every word of the great teacher
patiently he takes note of
the errors committed and corrects them
the teacher points out the room
for improvement and the true disciple enters the door of wisdom
he takes carefully each criticism
and creates what he thinks is more beautiful to the
heart and makes a record of what should
have been and ought to be
and then the right time comes for blooming
the true disciple unfolds his own creation like the petals of the lotus
at the middle of the murky pond and then finally
exudes his own perfection under the bright sheen of
the mighty sun of the new day smiling
more deserving now and as bright as ever diamond-like
another new spring rising higher than its source
the teacher by his side like the wind hushing
applauding and bowing before him
so pleased is his heart and then in a moment passing him by.
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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Once again we have misleading climate change pronouncements being based on data errors, data errors detected by non-UN, non-IPCC, non-peer-reviewed external observers. This is exactly what happens when you base your arguments on 'consensus science' and not scientific fact.
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He who reminds you or corrects you is better than he who slanders you.