Refutes Quotes

9 quotes by 8 authors

• The fact that different cultures have different practices no more refutes [moral] objectivism than the fact that water flows in different directions in different places… — David Hume
• Philosophy can be compared to some powders that are so corrosive that, after they have eaten away the infected flesh of a wound, they then… — Pierre Bayle
• The fate of the worm refutes the pretended ethical teaching of the proverb, which assumes to illustrate the advantage of early rising and does so… — Thomas Bailey Aldrich
• Few nations do more than the United States to assist their least fortunate citizens-to make certain that no child, no elderly or handicapped citizen, no… — John F. Kennedy
• The dictum that truth always triumphs over persecution is one of the pleasant falsehoods which men repeat after one another till they pass into commonplaces,… — John Stuart Mill
• Between ourselves, there is no such thing, abstractly, as a 'good' book. A book is 'good' only when it meets some human hunger or refutes… — Christopher Morley
• I change too quickly: my today refutes my yesterday. When I ascend I often jump over steps, and no step forgives me that. — Friedrich Nietzsche
• The idea that truth always triumphs over persecution is one of those pleasant falsehoods, which most experience refutes. History is teeming with instances of truth… — John Stuart Mill
• Nature takes the decision first, man agrees, reconciles, modifies, refutes, contradicts etc., subsequently. It means the application of reason, the discretionary power of a man,… — Thiruman Archunan

Who Wrote These Refutes Quotes

8 authors contributed a total of 9 Refutes Quotes as follows:

• 2 Refutes Quotes by John Stuart Mill
• 1 Refutes Quote by David Hume
• 1 Refutes Quote by Pierre Bayle
• 1 Refutes Quote by Thomas Bailey Aldrich
• 1 Refutes Quote by John F. Kennedy
• 1 Refutes Quote by Christopher Morley
• 1 Refutes Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche
• 1 Refutes Quote by Thiruman Archunan