“If there be such a thing as truth, it must infallibly be struck out by the collision of mind with mind.”
Vol. 1, bk. 1, ch.4
Enquiry Concerning Political Justice (1793)
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English journalist, political philosopher and novelist 1756–1836Related quotes
“The truth is, a great mind must be androgynous.”
1 September 1832
Table Talk (1821–1834)
Rules for the Direction of the Mind: X.379
As quoted in [Clarke, Desmond M., 2006, Descartes : a Biography, Cambridge Press, 67, ISBN 978-0-521-82301-2]
“The work of the world must still be done,
And minds are many though truth be one.”
The Echo.
“He must be out of his tiny Chinese mind.”
Attacking Ian Mikardo, a left-wing critic of spending cuts, using a phrase of the comedienne Hermione Gingold (The Daily Telegraph, 24 February, 1976), quoted in Denis Healey The Time of My Life (Penguin, 1990), p. 444
1970s
“The high-minded man must care more for the truth than for what people think.”
The Club of Queer Trades (1905) Ch. 4 "Speculation of the House Agent"
You Never Can Tell (1895).
Poetry quotes
Context: p>You never can tell when you do an act
Just what the result will be;
But with every deed you are sowing a seed,
Though the harvest you may not see.
Each kindly act is an acorn dropped
In God's productive soil;
You may not know, yet the tree shall grow
And shelter the brows that toil.You never can tell what your thoughts will do
In bringing you hate or love;
For thoughts are things, and their airy wings
Are swifter than carrier doves.
They follow the law of the universe —
Each thing must create its kind;
And they speed o'er the track to bring you back
Whatever went out from your mind.</p
