“ Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider. ”
- Francis Bacon- Copy
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“ Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. ”
- Francis Bacon- Copy
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“ Christians and Muslims who live together should try to meet and dialogue to refute the talk about a clash of civilizations. ”
- Dionigi Tettamanzi- Copy
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“ If a person never contradicts himself, it must be that he says nothing. ”
- Miguel de Unamuno- Copy
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“ Read not to contradict and confute, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. ”
- Sir Francis Bacon- Copy
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“ Do I contradict myself? Very well then, I contradict myself (I am large, I contain multitudes). ”
- Walt Whitman- Copy
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“ Ignorance of the law excuses no man: Not that all men know the law, but because 'tis an excuse every man will plead, and no man can tell how to refute him. ”
- John Selden- Copy
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“ If a single one of these gentlemen is correct, if a believer of any type is right, the essential truth for man, the real drama of life, in comparison with which the secular story of the race, is a puppet-show and the unfolding of the universe is a triviality, is the dialogue of the immortal soul and the eternal God… ”
- Joseph McCabe- Copy
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“ When a thing is said to be not worth refuting you may be sure that either it is flagrantly stupid — in which case all comment is superfluous — or it is something formidable, the very crux of the problem. ”
- Miguel de Unamuno- Copy
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“ The idea that truth always triumphs over persecution is one of those pleasant falsehoods, which most experience refutes. History is teeming with instances of truth put down by persecution. If not put down forever, it may be set back for centuries. ”
- John Stuart Mill- Copy
- 218
“ But all who are not lunitics are agreed about certain things: That it is better to be alive than dead, better to be adequately fed than starved, better to be free than to be a slave. Many people desire these things only for themselves and their friends; they are quite content that their enemies should suffer… ”
- Bertrand Russell- Copy
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“ I write plays because writing dialogue is the only respectable way of contradicting yourself. I'm the kind of person who embarks on an endless leapfrog down the great moral issues. I put a position, rebut it, refute the rebuttal, and rebut the refutation. ”
- Tom Stoppard- Copy
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