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The process of tracing regularity in any complicated, and at first sight confused, set of appearances, is necessarily tentative; we begin by making any supposition,… — John Stuart Mill
EXCEPTION, n. A thing which takes the liberty to differ from other things of its class, as an honest man, a truthful woman, etc. — Ambrose Bierce
Among the liberties of citizens that are guaranteed are ... the right to believe what one chooses, the right to differ from his neighbor, the… — William O. Douglas
All political theories assume, of course, that most individuals are very ignorant. Those who plead for liberty differ from the rest in that they include… — Friedrich August von Hayek
The constitutional right of free speech has been declared to be the same in peace and war. In peace, too, men may differ widely as… — Louis D. Brandeis
The plans differ; the planners are all alike... — Frederic Bastiat
I think chemistry is being frittered away by the hairsplitting of the organic chemists; we have new compounds discovered, which scarcely differ from the known… — Michael Faraday
Geology differs as widely from cosmogony, as speculations concerning the creation of man differ from history. — Charles Lyell
It is odd that neither the Church nor modern public opinion condemns petting, provided it stops short at a certain point. At what point sin… — Bertrand Russell
Science and art, or by the same token, poetry and prose differ from one another like a journey and an excursion. The purpose of the… — Franz Grillparzer
Men from children nothing differ. — William Shakespeare
He, who steadily observes those moral precepts in which all religions concur, will never be questioned at the gates of heaven as to the dogmas… — Thomas Jefferson
There are many true ladies, and they differ somewhat from society generally. So does a true gentleman, on the same principle of refinement and nobility… — Maria Jane McIntosh
Fred Hoyle and I differ on lots of questions, but on this we agree: a common sense and satisfying interpretation of our world suggests the… — Owen Gingerich
Every climate scientist has his or her own views on some issues that differ from the mainstream in detail. But the broad findings of the… — Ross Garnaut
You will be astonished to find how the whole mental disposition of your children changes with advancing years. A young child and the same when… — Charles Darwin
Stand up for what you think is right. That might be very different from what I am saying today, but you are allowed to differ… — John Yu
Indians and wolves are both beasts of prey, tho' they differ in shape. — George Washington
No Chess Grandmaster is normal; they only differ in the extent of their madness — Viktor Korchnoi
It may be said that artist and censor differ in this wise: that the first is a decent mind in an indecent body and that… — George Jean Nathan

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