"A man can't be always defending the truth;……" — C.S. Lewis
"A man can't be always defending the truth; there must be a time to feed on it."
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1,827 Quotes by C.S. Lewis
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Now that I am a Christian I do have moods in which the whole thing looks improbable: but when I…
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One of the things that distinguishes man from the other animals is that he wants to know things, wants to…
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You must picture me alone in that room in Magdalen, night after night, feeling, whenever my mind lifted even for…
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The worst attitude of all would be the professional attitude which regards children in the lump as a sort of…
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We want, in fact, not so much a father in heaven as a grandfather in heaven: a senile benevolence who,…
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Total war is the most humane in the long run.
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Those who would most scornfully repudiate Christianity as a mere "opiate of the people" have a contempt for the rich,…
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If naturalism were true then all thoughts whatever would be wholly the result of irrational causes. It cuts its own…
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Unless thought is valid we have no reason to believe in the real universe.
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A universe whose only claim to be believed in rests on the validity of inference must not start telling us…
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Really, a young Atheist cannot guard his faith too carefully. Dangers lie in wait for him on every side.
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I gave in, and admitted that God was God, and knelt and prayed: perhaps, that night, the most dejected and…
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More Defending Quotes
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one of 305 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Is there an equality of power between America and Iraq? Definitely not; however, the Iraqi people are standing fast and…
— Bashar al-Assad
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Some kinds of nails, such as those used for defending the soles of coarse shoes, called hobnails, require a particular…
— Charles Babbage
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The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against all hazards: And it is…
— Samuel Adams
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More and more political analysts and weak-kneed politicians are advising the historically pro-life Republican Party to abandon its pro-life stance…
— Gary Bauer
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Defending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of duty or to allay guilt complexes, but…
— Simone de Beauvoir
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No one ever said that fighting the war against terrorism and defending our homeland would be easy. So let's support…
— Judy Biggert
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When I tell the truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but…
— William Blake
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If we must die, we die defending our rights.
— Sitting Bull
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This way of life is worth defending.
— George W. Bush
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I will never relent in defending America - whatever it takes.
— George W. Bush
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Passivity is the same as defending injustice.
— Deepak Chopra
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Tis a common observation here that our cause is the cause of all mankind, and that we are fighting for…
— Benjamin Franklin
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