Quotation by

Henri Frederic Amiel

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

Truth

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When an idea has some truth in it, people are more likely to believe it completely, even if it is partly wrong. This makes the mistake more harmful because the true part hides the error and makes it harder to detect.

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