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Full Idea
What we call truth is an error insufficiently experienced.
Gist of Idea
Truth is just an error insufficiently experienced
Source
E.M. Cioran (A Short History of Decay [1949], 5)
Book Ref
Cioran,E.M.: 'A Short History of Decay', ed/tr. Howard,Richard [Penguin 2010], p.151
A Reaction
I'm not sure how to go about refuting that claim! Turn the tables, I suppose. 'Tell me, Cioran, are you claiming that this idea is true?'