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To invent without scruple a new principle to every new phenomenon, instead of adapting it to the old; to overload our hypothesis with a variety of this kind, are certain proofs that none of these principles is the just one, and that we only desire, by a number of falsehoods, to cover our ignorance of the truth. David Hume
truth passion ideas
Reason, in a strict sense, as meaning the judgment of truth and falsehood, can never, of itself, be any motive to the will, and can have no influence but so far as it touches some passion or affection. Abstract relations of ideas are the object of curiosity, not of volition. And matters of fact, where they are neither good nor evil, where they neither excite desire nor aversion, are totally indifferent, and whether known or unknown, whether mistaken or rightly apprehended, cannot be regarded as any motive to action.
truth honesty stronger
Nothing indeed can be a stronger presumption of falsehood than the approbation of the multitude.
truth giving-up long
I'm not going to give up. I can't give up. Not as long as the truth is out there. David Duchovny
truth writing language
For those of us who write, it is necessary to scrutinize not only the truth of what we speak, but the truth of that language by which we speak it. Audre Lorde
truth dice affirmation
I see in the act of throwing the dice and of risking the affirmation of some intuitively felt truth, however uncertain, my whole reason for living. Antonin Artaud
truth light mind
I learn to affirm Truth's light at strange turns of the mind's road, wrong turns that lead over the border into wonder.... Denise Levertov
truth-is habit break
The truth is, you don't break a bad habit; you replace it with a good one. Denis Waitley
truth may there-comes-a-time
In a free society, there comes a time when the truth - however hard it may be to hear, however impolitic it may seem to say - must be told. Al Gore
may novelty triviality
The premonition of death may for many be a stimulus to novelty of experience: the imminence of death serves to sweep away the inessential preoccupations for those who do not flee from the thought of death into triviality. David Riesman
may lows produce
As the revenue of the farmer is realized in raw produce, or in the value of raw produce, he is interested, as well as the landlord, in its high exchangeable value, but a low price of produce may be compensated to him by a great additional quantity. David Ricardo
may bills made
I may have invented Control-Alt-Delete, but Bill Gates made it famous David Bradley
may next assumption
Beware of assumptions that seem "obvious" in one decade. They may become quaint in the next. David Brin
may my-family
I may not always be offered work, but I'll always have my family. Audrey Hepburn
may devotion dies
I may die of earthly love, or of devotion. Arthur Rimbaud
may sound creation
It may sound affected - but it is the act of creation itself, and it is equally exhilarating whether one is working on a teaspoon or a national bank. Arne Jacobsen
may arches gaelic
There is an oath upon her," he said to Arch, and I realized dimly that he was still speaking in Gaelic, though I understood him clearly. "She may not kill, save it is for mercy or her life. It is myself who kills for her. Diana Gabaldon
may obstacles financial
Happiness may be difficult to obtain. The obstacles are not primarily financial. Alain de Botton
there-comes-a-time
There comes a time when only anger is love.
there-comes-a-time ashamed knows
It's nothing to be ashamed of. There comes a time in everything when you don't know something. Bryce Courtenay
there-comes-a-time persons courses
There comes a time in every person's life when he has to choose the course his life will take. Muhammad Ali