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Proof Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- A short letter to a distant friend is, in my opinion, an insult like that of a slight bow or cursory salutation - a proof…
- There are occasions on which it is noble to dare to stand alone. To be pious among infidels, to be disinterested in a time of…
- What signifies protesting so against flattery when a person speaks well of one, it must either be true or false, you know if true, let…
- Assertion is not argument; to contradict the statement of an opponent is not proof that you are correct.
- As not every instance of similitude can be considered as a proof of imitation, so not every imitation ought to be stigmatised as plagiarism. The…
- Want of tenderness is want of parts, and is no less a proof of stupidity than depravity.
- It is no less a proof of eminence to have many enemies than many friends
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- That is the definition of faith - acceptance of that which we imagine to be true, that which we cannot prove. — Dan Brown
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