• It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter lies in the depth, where few are willing to search for it.

  Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
  German writer and poet 1749-1832
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1. perceive
2. surface
3. willing
4. latter
5. search
6. where

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It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter lies in the depth, where few are willing to search for it. by : Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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