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Certainty Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- The certainty that life cannot be long, and the probability that it will be much shorter than nature allows, ought to awaken every man to…
- He is no wise man who will quit a certainty for an uncertainty.
- Criticism, though dignified from the earliest ages by the labours of men eminent for knowledge and sagacity, has not yet attained the certainty and stability…
- From all our observations we may collect with certainty, that misery is the lot of man, but cannot discover in what particular condition it will…
- It is true that of far the greater part of things, we must content ourselves with such knowledge as description may exhibit, or analogy supply;…
- Whatever is attempted without previous certainty of success, may be considered as a project, and amongst narrow minds may, therefore, expose its author to censure…
- He is no wise man that will quit a certainty for an uncertainty
More Certainty Quotes
- The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to… — Hannah Arendt
- I don't care who you are, you're going to choke in certain matches. You get to a point where your legs don't… — Arthur Ashe
- If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he… — Francis Bacon
- Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination… — Mark Twain
- Sentimental assertions are always a form of detachment; they confront the acute, terrible awareness of individual pain, the sharp particularity of loss… — Mark Doty
- No sooner had he thought this than he realized what was anchoring his happiness. It was purpose. He knew what he wanted… — Trenton Lee Stewart
- There is only one thing in this world which is constant. It's Change whether Time or People. — Anurag Prakash Ray
- The unique and supreme voluptuousness of love lies in the certainty of committing evil. And men and women know from birth that… — Charles Baudelaire