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As in Mathematicks, so in Natural Philosophy, the Investigation of difficult Things by the Method of Analysis, ought ever to precede the Method of Composition.… — Isaac Newton
In natural science the principles of truth ought to be confirmed by observation. — Carl Linnaeus
The hypotheses which we accept ought to explain phenomena which we have observed. But they ought to do more than this; our hypotheses ought to… — William Whewell
[The internet] ought to be like clay, rather than a sculpture that you observe from a distance. — Tim Berners-Lee
There ought not to be anything in the whole universe that man can't poke his nose into-that's the way we're built and I assume that… — Robert A. Heinlein
In the presence of Jesus in the Holy Sacrament we ought to be like the Blessed in heaven before the Divine Essence — Teresa of Avila
What do I owe to my times, to my country, to my neighbors, to my friends? Such are the questions which a virtuous man ought… — Johann Kaspar Lavater
Man is obviously made for thinking. Therein lies all his dignity and his merit; and his whole duty is to think as he ought. — Blaise Pascal
The worst advice? 'Don't listen to the critics.' I think that you really ought to listen to the critics, because sometimes they're telling you something… — Stephen King
The searching-out and thorough investigation of truth ought to be the primary study of man. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Art ought never to be considered except in its relations with its ideal beauty. — Alfred de Vigny
Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late. — Felix Frankfurter
There ought t'be some way t'eat celery so it wouldn't sound like you wuz steppin' on a basket. — Kin Hubbard
Everyone who observes himself doubting observes a truth, and about that which he observes he is certain; therefore he is certain about a truth. Everyone… — Saint Augustine
Whatever evil befalls us, we ought to ask ourselves... how we can turn it into good. So shall we take occasion, from one bitter root,… — Leigh Hunt
We all live in the hope of pleasing somebody; and the pleasure of pleasing ought to be greatest, and always will be greatest, when our… — Samuel Johnson
It is a curious and painful fact that almost all the completely futile treatments that have been believed in during the long history of medical… — Bertrand Russell
Why, I wonder, do people who at one time or another have all been young themselves, and who ought therefore to know better, generalize so… — Vera Brittain
Whoever the Lord has adopted ought to prepare themselves for hard, toilsome and unquiet living. — John Calvin
We find nothing easier than being wise, patient, superior. We drip with the oil of forbearance and sympathy, we are absurdly just, we forgive everything.… — Friedrich Nietzsche
A girl with brains ought to do something with them besides think. — Anita Loos
You ought to know how to rise above the trivialities of life, in which most people are found drowning themselves. — Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki
There are two kinds of books. Those that no one reads and those that no one ought to read. — H. L. Mencken
Doing for people what they can and ought to do for themselves is a dangerous experiment. — Samuel Gompers
I do not believe one can settle how much we ought to give. I am afraid the only safe rule is to give more than… — C.S. Lewis

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