Virtue does not truly reward her votary if she leaves him sad and half doubtful whether it would not have been better… — George William Curtis Copy Share Image
Strictly speaking, it is doubtful that a photograph can help us understand anything. — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
Necessity may render a doubtful act innocent, but it cannot make it praiseworthy — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
Mathematicians may flatter themselves that they possess new ideas which mere human language is as yet unable to express. Let them make… — James Clerk Maxwell Copy Share Image
Oh, rather give me commentators plain, Who with no deep researches vex the brain; Who from the dark and doubtful love to… — George Crabbe Copy Share Image
A man, doubtful of his dinner, or trembling at a creditor, is not much disposed to abstracted meditation, or remote enquiries. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
...he seemed to approach the grave as an hyperbolic curve approaches a line, less directly as he got nearer, till it was… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
All those who offer an opinion on any doubtful point should first clear their minds of every sentiment of dislike, friendship, anger… — Sallust Copy Share Image
It is doubtful if a more extensive anthology of errors (William Shirer's Rise and Fall of the Third Reich) concerning the personality… — Harry Elmer Barnes Copy Share Image
I remember breaking the news to both my parents that I wanted to be a director, and they both looked very doubtful.… — Karan Johar Copy Share Image
Men are never convinced of your reasons, of your sincerity, of the seriousness of your sufferings, except by your death. So long… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
The most exquisite words and finest strokes of an author are those which very often appear the most doubtful and exceptionable to… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Be not held back by fear's insane insistence that sureness lies in doubt. I am not doubtful, but certain. The miracle is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I was a little doubtful about the propriety of going to the Mammoth Cave without a gentleman escort, but if two ladies… — Maria Mitchell Copy Share Image
I am beginning to realize that "sanity" is no longer a value or an end in itself. If modern people were a… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
You have a great heart, but will only find it to be so through great pain. This is the wisdom of love,… — Alison Croggon Copy Share Image
For a brief, weird minute I felt like Dorothy in Oz, walking down the street with Terric the doubtful, Shame the brainless,… — Devon Monk Copy Share Image
In such doubtful matters, where you have to work as a pioneer, you must be able to put some trust in your… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Life appears: a complex dampness, destined to an intricate future and charged with secret virtues, capable of challenge and creation. A kind… — Roger Caillois Copy Share Image
“Knock on the heart’s emotions and its gates will be widely opened, but nock on reason and doubt will come charging at… — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
