Obstinacy and heat in argument are surest proofs of folly. Is there anything so stubborn, obstinate, disdainful, contemplative, grave, or serious, as… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Difficulties are God's errands; and when we are sent upon them, we should esteem it a proof of God's confidence, — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
It is the invariable habit of bureaucracies, at all times and everywhere, to assume...that every citizen is a criminal. Their one apparent… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“We have come to love the music of proof. Logical connection for us is not some popular song about a finch, but… — Osip Mandelstam Copy Share Image
I don't think there's a problem. First of all, I don't think music turns people into social liabilities. Because you hear a… — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
Present company excluded, this looked to be the most pleasant detention ever experienced by mankind. Further proof that librarians should run the… — Heather Brewer Copy Share Image
Sacrifice is a virtue that shows you truly love her and you would do anything to make her happy. — Jeremy Limn Copy Share Image
What you hold in your hand is proof of man's power - against which our strength means nothing. It has the force… — Charlton Heston Copy Share Image
We prove what we want to prove, and the real difficulty is to know what we want to prove. — Emile Chartier Copy Share Image
No good writer was ever long neglected; no great man overlooked by men equally great. Impatience is a proof of inferior strength,… — Walter Savage Landor Copy Share Image
I still couldn’t stop the sick feeling rising in my stomach. “This could be a disaster.” “How? If anyone even finds it—and… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
I imagine John Watson thinks love’s a mystery to me, but the chemistry is incredibly simple and very destructive. When we first… — Mark Gatiss Copy Share Image
The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of… — Paul Valery Copy Share Image
Central heating, French rubber goods and cookbooks are three amazing proofs of man's ingenuity in transforming necessity into art, and, of these,… — M. F. K. Fisher Copy Share Image
I want people to know that 'Burden of Proof' can't be touched with a 60-foot pole. Every time I drop, it's a… — Benny the Butcher Copy Share Image
A lie is not enough to prove you are a liar. Lie helps people to forget about the things you have done… — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
Hiroshima”, I find a few of the lines to be very poignant yet hopeful. These lines are: “But in Hiroshima, some people… — Sarah Kay Copy Share Image
Apparently you have ample proof from experience that you're not going to stop world evil by debating your in-laws into submission, so… — Carolyn Hax Copy Share Image
In a relationship, you can't just focus on yourself. You need to understand each other and PROVE that you're meant to be… — Achmad Tim Bukhari Copy Share Image
There is a silence, the child of love, which expresses everything, and proclaims more loudly than the tongue is able to do;… — Vittorio Alfieri Copy Share Image
But I will plead not guilty until death. I will plead not guilty until there is proof to the contrary. — Augustin Misago Copy Share Image