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- A man's reputation is not in his own keeping, but lies at the mercy of the profligacy of others. Calumny requires no… — William Hazlitt
- Some volumes against Deism fell into my hands ... they produced an effect precisely the reverse to what was intended by the… — Benjamin Franklin
- Historical refutation as the definitive refutation.- In former times, one sought to prove that there is no God - today one indicates… — Friedrich Nietzsche
- ...the Muslims of recent times had fallen very short indeed of the ideals of their faith, ...nothing could be more erroneous than… — Muhammad Asad
- Yet again, unscientific claims were being circulated broadly, but the scientists' refutation of them was published where only fellow scientists would see… — Naomi Oreskes
- An alternate explanation is not a refutation. — Greg Koukl
- The refutation of suicide: is it not inelegant to abandon a world which has so willingly put itself at the service of… — Emile M. Cioran
- Philosophy itself cannot but benefit from our disputes, for if our conceptions prove true, new achievements will be made; if false, their… — Galileo Galilei
- I am not very impressed with theological arguments whatever they may be used to support. Such arguments have often been found unsatisfactory… — Alan Turing
- Astrologers were greatly impressed, and misled, by what they believed to be confirming evidence-so much so that they were quite unimpressed by… — Karl Popper
- It was one thing to have guessed it, another to have had that guess confirmed beyond possibility of refutation. — Arthur C. Clarke
- All scientists know of colleagues whose minds are so well equipped with the means of refutation that no new idea has the… — Peter Medawar