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It is the persisting in an error, not the correcting it, that lessens the honour of any man or body of men.
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gutenberg.orgBenjamin Franklin: “It is the persisting in an error, not the correcting it, that lessens the honour of any man or body of men.”
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Franklin emphasizes that it is the persistence in error that diminishes a person's or group's honor, not the act of correcting it.
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