Jeremy Taylor Quotes

Men are not necessarily more zealous for truth than they are for error.

The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present and which mislead into error, not directly by weakness of the reasoning powers, but by preconceived opinion, by prejudice.

For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human.

An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it contains.

He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.

No one who lives in error is free.

It's a great thriller or mystery, but on another level it's a film about the fact that, if you only look at a person through one lens, or only believe what you're told, you can often miss the truth that is staring you in the face.

Ignorance is less remote from the truth than prejudice.

Stupidity is active in every direction, and can dress up in all the clothes of truth. Truth, on the other hand, has for every occasion only one dress and one path, and is always at a disadvantage.

When we do not know the truth of a thing, it is good that there should exist a common error which determines the mind of man, as, for example, the moon, to which is attributed the change of seasons, the progress of diseases, etc. For the chief malady of man is a restless curiosity about things which he cannot understand; and it is not so bad for him to be in error as to be curious to no purpose.

The gods are blind. And men see only what they wish" - Tyrion Lannister

Error is none the better for being common, nor truth the worse for having lain neglected.

Never ascribe to conspiracy that which can be attributed to ignorance.

Custom without truth is error grown old.

Error, when she retraces her steps, has farther to go before she can arrive at truth than ignorance.

Error is worse than ignorance.

It ain't what a man don't know that makes him a fool, but what he does know that ain't so.

The trouble with most of us is that we know too much that ain't so.

A common fallacy: to imagine a measure will be easy because we have private motives for desiring it.

The trouble with most folks isn't their ignorance. It's knowin' so many things that ain't so.

It is better to have no ideas than false ones.

Imagination is the deceptive part in man, the mistress of error and falsehood.

Even when the facts are available, most people seem to prefer the legend, and refuse to believe the truth when it in any way dislodges the myth.

Truth is too weak to combat prejudice.

Error is certainty's constant companion. Error is the corollary of evidence. And anything said about truth may equally well be said about error: the delusion will be no greater.