"The mathematics are the friends of religion, inasmuch……" — John Arbuthnot
"The mathematics are the friends of religion, inasmuch as they charm the passions, restrain the impetuosity of the imagination, and purge the mind of error and prejudice."
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John Arbuthnot
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15 Quotes by John Arbuthnot
John Arbuthnot has 15 quotes on this site.
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All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies.
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Law is a bottomless pit.
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Among innumerable footsteps of divine providence to be found in the works of nature, there is a very remarkable one…
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Mathematical Knowledge adds a manly Vigour to the Mind, frees it from Prejudice, Credulity, and Superstition.
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The Reader may here observe the Force of Numbers, which can be successfully applied, even to those things, which one…
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The Mathematics are Friends to Religion, inasmuch as they charm the Passions, restrain the Impetuosity of the Imagination, and purge…
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Biography is one of the new terrors of death.
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Law is a Bottomless-Pit, it is a Cormorant, a Harpy, that devours every thing.
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Hocus was an old cunning attorney. The words of consecration, "Hoc est corpus," were travestied into a nickname for jugglery,…
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It is impossible for a Die, with such determin'd force and direction, not to fall on such determin'd side, only…
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Never contradict. Never explain. Never apologize. (Those are the secrets of a happy life!)
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He warns the heads of parties against believing their own lies.
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There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.
— Jane Austen
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God gave us faculties for our use; each of them will receive its proper reward. Then do not let us…
— Teresa of Avila
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Here is everything which can lay hold of the eye, ear and imagination - everything which can charm and bewitch…
— John Adams
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It's a very difficult thing losing a parent, but I think there's an added complication for me, because he was…
— Kate Beckinsale
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There is a charm in making a stew, to the unaccustomed cook, from the excitement of wondering what the result…
— Annie Besant
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Beauty, n: the power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband.
— Ambrose Bierce
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In two decades I've lost a total of 789 pounds. I should be hanging from a charm bracelet.
— Erma Bombeck
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The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures,…
— Charlotte Bronte
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A man of such obvious and exemplary charm must be a liar.
— Anita Brookner
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When virtue and modesty enlighten her charms, the lustre of a beautiful woman is brighter than the stars of heaven,…
— Akhenaton
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The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of…
— John Buchan
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A sequel is such a daunting thing, because you don't want to lose the magic and the charm of the…
— Sandra Bullock
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