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Men are apt to prefer a prosperous error before an afflicted truth

… Error, by force of contrast, enhances the triumph of Truth…

Irenaeus of Lyons

Error, indeed is never set forth in its naked deformity, lest, being thus exposed, it should at once be detected. But it is craftily decked out in an attractive dress, so as, by its outward form, to make it appear to the inexperienced more true than truth itself.

Men are apt to prefer a prosperous error before an afflicted truth

… Error, by force of contrast, enhances the triumph of Truth…

Irenaeus of Lyons

Error, indeed is never set forth in its naked deformity, lest, being thus exposed, it should at once be detected. But it is craftily decked out in an attractive dress, so as, by its outward form, to make it appear to the inexperienced more true than truth itself.