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  • Any man may make a mistake; none but a fool will stick to it. Second thoughts are best as the proverb says.
    [Lat., Cujusvis hominis est errare; nullius, nisi insipientis, in errore perseverae. Posteriores enim cogitationes (ut aiunt) sapientiores solent esse.]

    "Philippicæ", XII. 2, as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 787-90,
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