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> [Uncertain ways unsafest are, and doubt a greater mischief than despair.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-denham/uncertain-ways-unsafest-are-and-doubt-a-greater-mischief-than-despair/)

[John Denham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-denham/)

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> [You prove but too clearly that seeking to know Is too frequently learning to doubt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-denham/you-prove-but-too-clearly-that-seeking-to-know-is-too-frequently/)

[John Denham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-denham/)

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## More by John Denham

> [We are never like angels till our passion dies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-denham/we-are-never-like-angels-till-our-passion-dies/)

[John Denham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-denham/)

> [Poetry is of so subtle a spirit, that in the pouring out of one language into another it will evaporate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-denham/poetry-is-of-so-subtle-a-spirit-that-in-the-pouring-out-of-one/)

[John Denham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-denham/)

> [Learn to live well, that thou may'st die so too; To live and die is all we have to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-denham/learn-to-live-well-that-thou-may-st-die-so-too-to-live-and-die-is-all/)

[John Denham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-denham/)

> [Tis the most certain sign, the world's accurst That the best things corrupted, are the worst; 'Twas the corrupted Light of knowledge, hurl'd Sin,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-denham/tis-the-most-certain-sign-the-world-s-accurst-that-the-best-things/)

[John Denham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-denham/)

> [Uncertain ways unsafest are, and doubt a greater mischief than despair.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-denham/uncertain-ways-unsafest-are-and-doubt-a-greater-mischief-than-despair/)

[John Denham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-denham/)

> [“Books should to one of these four ends conduce, For wisdom, piety, delight, or use.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-denham/books-should-to-one-of-these-four-ends-conduce-for-wisdom-piety/)

[John Denham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-denham/)

> [The man who first abused his fellows with swear-words instead of bashing their brains out with a club should be counted among those who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-denham/the-man-who-first-abused-his-fellows-with-swear-words-instead-of/)

[John Denham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-denham/)

> [It is no exaggeration to say that Israeli policy in the occupied territories is not simply a matter of foreign policy - it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-denham/it-is-no-exaggeration-to-say-that-israeli-policy-in-the-occupied/)

[John Denham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-denham/)

> [But whither am I strayed? I need not raise Trophies to thee from other men's dispraise; Nor is thy fame on lesser ruins built;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-denham/but-whither-am-i-strayed-i-need-not-raise-trophies-to-thee-from-other/)

[John Denham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-denham/)

> [Actions of the last age are like almanacs of the last year.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-denham/actions-of-the-last-age-are-like-almanacs-of-the-last-year/)

[John Denham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-denham/)

> [Who fears not to do ill fears the name, And free from conscience, is a slave to fame.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-denham/who-fears-not-to-do-ill-fears-the-name-and-free-from-conscience-is-a/)

[John Denham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-denham/)

> [Such is our pride, our folly, or our fate, That few, but such as cannot write, translate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-denham/such-is-our-pride-our-folly-or-our-fate-that-few-but-such-as-cannot/)

[John Denham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-denham/)

> [Youth, what man's age is like to be, doth show; We may our ends by our beginnings know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-denham/youth-what-man-s-age-is-like-to-be-doth-show-we-may-our-ends-by-our/)

[John Denham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-denham/)

> [Whatsoever is worthy of their love is worth their anger.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-denham/whatsoever-is-worthy-of-their-love-is-worth-their-anger/)

[John Denham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-denham/)

> [Search not to find things too deeply hid; Nor try to know things whose knowledge is forbid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-denham/search-not-to-find-things-too-deeply-hid-nor-try-to-know-things-whose/)

[John Denham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-denham/)

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