| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 44628 |
| QUOTATION: | For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Plutarch (c. 46c. 120), Greek essayist, biographer. Against Colotes, Morals.
The phrase was already proverbial in Plutarchs time. |
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