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I myself have read the writings and teachings of the heretics, polluting my soul for a while with their abominable notions, though deriving this benefit:… — Eusebius
One cannot refute what one has not thoroughly understood. — Leo Strauss
Those who would assail the Book of Mormon should bear in mind that its veracity is no more dubious than the veracity of the Bible,… — Jon Krakauer
On May 7, a few weeks after the accident at Three-Mile Island, I was in Washington. I was there to refute some of that propaganda… — Edward Teller
Ignorance of the law excuses no man; not that all men know the law, but because 'tis an excuse every man will plead, and no… — John Selden
People still retain the errors of their childhood, their nation, and their age, long after they have accepted the truths needed to refute them. — Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet
Many of my sharpest critics have decided to take a position of ignoring me - because they feel that by attacking me, they would draw… — Bruce Bartlett
Our belief in any particular natural law cannot have a safer basis than our unsuccessful critical attempts to refute it. — Karl Popper
The most important factor in the training of good mental habits consists in acquiring the attitude of suspended conclusion, and in mastering the various methods… — John Dewey
It is hardly useful if you trustingly play through variation after variation from a book. It is a great deal more useful and more interesting… — Mark Dvoretsky
By positional play a master tries to prove and exploit true values, whereas by combinations he seeks to refute false values ... A combination produces… — Emanuel Lasker
People often find it easier to refute a fake extreme opponent than a more cautious real one, so they knock down the straw man instead.… — Madsen Pirie
No amount of observations of white swans can allow the inference that all swans are white, but the observation of a single black swan is… — David Hume
I can at once refute the statement that the people of the West object to conservation of oil resources. They know that there is a… — Herbert Hoover
I prefer to be refuted than to refute, for it is a greater good for oneself to be freed from the greatest evil than to… — Socrates
I often play a move I know how to refute. — Bent Larsen
If anyone can refute me-show me I'm making a mistake or looking at things from the wrong perspective-I'l l gladly change. It's the truth I'm… — Marcus Aurelius
Suppose... the body is a God in its own right, a teacher, a mentor, a certified guide? Then what? .... Are we strong enough to… — Clarissa Pinkola Estes
I'm an atheist.Â I suppose you can call me a sort of libertarian anarchist.Â I regard religion with fear and suspicion. It's not enough to say that… — Emma Thompson
For the sacrificed, in the hour of sacrifice, only one thing counts: faith-alone among enemies and skeptics. Faith, in spite of the humiliation which is… — Dag Hammarskjold

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