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When the mind is in a state of uncertainty the smallest impulse
directs it to either side.
[Lat., read more
When the mind is in a state of uncertainty the smallest impulse
directs it to either side.
[Lat., Dum in dubio est animus, paulo momento huc illuc
impellitur.]
Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty.
Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty.
The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next.
The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next.
My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical,
Shakes so my single state of man that function
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My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical,
Shakes so my single state of man that function
Is smothered in surmise and nothing is
But what is not.
Uncertainty will always be part of the taking charge process.
Uncertainty will always be part of the taking charge process.
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
To be uncertain is to be uncomfortable, but to be certain is to be ridiculous.
To be uncertain is to be uncomfortable, but to be certain is to be ridiculous.
Who knows whether the gods will add tomorrow to the present hour?
[Lat., Quis scit, an adjiciant hodiernae crastina read more
Who knows whether the gods will add tomorrow to the present hour?
[Lat., Quis scit, an adjiciant hodiernae crastina summae
Tempora di superi?]
We demand guaranteed rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty.
We demand guaranteed rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty.
