"As a general rule, it is foolish to……" — William Stanley Jevons

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• I am exceedingly distressed at the proceedings of the Convention-being ... almost sure, they will ... lay the foundation of… — Elbridge Gerry
• If a man comes up to me, I'm almost sure he's going to mention Rome, if it's a woman, it'll… — Kevin McKidd
• I am almost sure to be blotted out by death, but sometimes I think it is not impossible that I… — Jorge Luis Borges
• Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure… — James Russell Lowell
• Any writer overwhelmingly honest about pleasing himself is almost sure to please others. — Marianne Moore
• A man who is certain he is right is almost sure to be wrong. — Michael Faraday
• Madrigal sniffed herself. "I'm almost sure I don't smell." "Maybe not, but between shining cleanliness and not smelling, there is… — Laini Taylor
• In such a case, it would be almost sure of success, if the active members of a society established for… — Joseph Lancaster
• Some kind of philosophy is a necessity to all but the most thoughtless, and in the absence of knowledge it… — Bertrand Russell
• I mention this fact as tending to support what I have often heard stated, namely, that a shark's sense of… — George Grey
• The man who hints that you are a thief is almost sure to have a large, vulnerable area of dishonesty… — Gordon R Dickson

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