“Gravity is not a version of the truth. It is the truth. Anybody who doubts it is invited to jump out of a tenth-floor window.”
The Genius of Charles Darwin (2008)
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English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author 1941Related quotes
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Source: All the King's Men' A search for the colonial ideas of some advisers and "accomplices" of Leopold II (1853-1892). (Hannes Vanhauwaert), 4. Viceroys without colonial aspirations? Jules Van Praet (1806-1887) http://www.ethesis.net/leopold_II/leopold_II.htm#2.%20 He certainly did not play his role of chief of staff to the king as that of a submissive slave: this is apparent from a preserved quote from him in Bruges in which he was determined to be his king. VIAENE, V. “Leopold I, Belgian Diplomacy and the Culture of the European Concert, 1831-1865”, 130. Van Praet then rebelled against the fact that Leopold I had already had several mistresses there, which according to the private secretary was detrimental to the popularity of the monarchy.
“Believe those who seek the truth, doubt those who find it; doubt all, but do not doubt yourself.”
André Gide
(1869–1951) French novelist and essayist
Ainsi soit-il; ou, Les Jeux sont faits
So be it; or, The chips are down
Gallimard
1952
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Original: (fr) Croyez ceux qui cherchent la vérité, doutez de ceux qui la trouvent; doutez de tout, mais ne doutez pas de vous-même.
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“When socialism comes through the door, employment jumps out the window.”
Esperanza Aguirre
(1952) Spanish politician
Source: http://www.larazon.es/noticia/7874-aguirre-ni-zapatero-ni-sus-delfines-saben-arreglar-la-que-han-liado. 'La Razón' Diary. May 6th, 2011.
“Who never doubted never half believed
Where doubt there truth is—'t is her shadow.”
Scene V, A Country Town; comparable to Alfred, Lord Tennyson "There lives more faith in honest doubt / Believe me, than in half the creeds."
Festus (1839)
“Your version of the truth is the only one that matters.”
"Truth is singular. Its 'versions' are mistruths."
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Randall Jarrell
(1914–1965) poet, critic, novelist, essayist
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