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When I was young I was sure of everything; in a few years, having been mistaken a thousand times, I read more
When I was young I was sure of everything; in a few years, having been mistaken a thousand times, I was not half so sure of most things as I was before; at present, I am hardly sure of anything but what God has revealed to me.
Ah, what a dusty answer gets the soul when hot for certainties in this our life!
Ah, what a dusty answer gets the soul when hot for certainties in this our life!
To be positive: to be mistaken at the top of one's voice.
To be positive: to be mistaken at the top of one's voice.
To be absolutely certain about something, one must know everything or nothing about it.
To be absolutely certain about something, one must know everything or nothing about it.
Certainty is the mother of quiet and repose, and uncertainty the cause of variance and contentions
Certainty is the mother of quiet and repose, and uncertainty the cause of variance and contentions
There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.
There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.
In these matters the only certainty is that there is nothing certain.
In these matters the only certainty is that there is nothing certain.
In a universe of ambiguity, this kind of certainty comes only once, no matter how many lifetimes you live.
In a universe of ambiguity, this kind of certainty comes only once, no matter how many lifetimes you live.
If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts: but if he will be content to begin read more
If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts: but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.
