“Since Trotsky came to Mexico I have understood his error. I was never a Trotskyist.”

1790s, The Age of Reason, Part I (1794)

Statement with respect to both Catholics and Protestants written after his work On the Errors of the Trinity
Michael Servetus—A Solitary Quest for the Truth (2006)

Source: Shakespeare's Sonnets

Source: The Book of Disquiet

This is the Truth! (1949)
Context: I went out and played my heart out against Cincinnati. I set a record that stills stands for the most hits in a Series, though it has been tied, I think. I made 13 hits, but after all the trouble came out they took one away from me. Maurice Rath went over in the hole and knocked down a hot grounder, but he couldn't make a throw on it. They scored it a hit then, but changed it later. I led both teams in hitting with.375. I hit the only home run of the Series, off Hod Eller in the last game. I came all the way home from first on a single and scored the winning run in that 5-4 game. I handled 30 balls in the outfield and never made an error or allowed a man to take an extra base.

When Woody Allen asked him to appear in a film.
Interview, Esquire, September 18, 2009 http://www.esquire.com/features/the-screen/larry-david-interview-0709

Solomon Asch, Social Psychology (1952), p. 61.

John Proctor
The Crucible (1953)

1800s, First Inaugural Address (1801)
Context: I shall often go wrong through defect of judgment. When right, I shall often be thought wrong by those whose positions will not command a view of the whole ground. I ask your indulgence for my own errors, which will never be intentional, and your support against the errors of others, who may condemn what they would not if seen in all its parts.