It is quite possible we may have formed entirely erroneous ideas of what we actually see. The greenish gray patches may not be seas at all, nor the ruddy continents, solid land. Neither may the obscuring patches be clouds of vapor.
It's best to have failure happen early in life. It wakes up the Phoenix bird in you so you rise from the ashes.
Men make counterfeit money; in many more cases, money makes counterfeit men.