It is more reasonable to remove error from truth, than to venerate error because it is mix'd with truth. (Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle)

It is more reasonable to remove error from truth, than to venerate error because it is mix'd with truth.

Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle

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