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Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. - Bible, I Thessalonians (ch. V, v. 21) What is now proved was once only imagin'd. - William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790-3) You may prove anything by figures. - quoted by Thomas Carlyle, Chartism (no. 2) Proof is the idol before whom the pure mathematician tortures himself. - Sir Arthur Eddington, "Mathematical Maxims and Minims" edited by N. Rose No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment may at any time prove me wrong. - possibly said by Albert Einstein You cannot demonstrate an emotion or prove an aspiration. - John Morley, 1st Viscount of Blackburn, Rousseau (p. 402) That which needs to be proved cannot be worth much. - Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche For when one's proofs are aptly chosen, Four are as valid as four down. - Matthew Prior, Alma (canto I, end) No way of thinking or doing, however ancient, can be trusted can be trusted without proof. - Henry David Thoreau
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