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If we begin with certainties, we shall end in doubts; but if we begin with doubts, and are patient in them, we shall end in certainties. - Francis Bacon, De Augmentis (bk. I) Events are never absolute, their outcome depends entirely upon the individual. Misfortune is a stepping stone for a genius, a piscina for a Christian, a treasure for a man of parts, and an abyss for a weakling. - Honore de Balzac What makes friendship indissolute and what doubles its charms is a feeling we find lacking in love: I mean certitude. - Honore de Balzac Certainty is the mother of quiet and repose, and uncertainty the cause of variance and contentions. - Lord Edward Coke The odds are six to five that the light in the end of the tunnel is the headlight of an oncoming train. - Paul Dickson We can be absolutely certain only about things we do not understand. - Eric Hoffer It is not certain that everything is uncertain. - Blaise Pascal We do know of certain knowledge that he [Osama bin Laden] is either in Afghanistan, or in some other country, or dead. - Donald Rumsfeld Do not feel certain of anything. - Bertrand Arthur William Russell The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts. - Bertrand Arthur William Russell A chuck under the chin is worth two kisses. - Jonathan Swift
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