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"No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty."
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"When we deal with questions relating to principles of law and their applications, we do not suddenly rise into a stratosphere of icy certainty."

"The minute one utters a certainty, the opposite comes to mind."

"It is far better to foresee even without certainty than not to foresee at all."

"We regard it as a certainty that the earth, enclosed between poles, is bounded by a spherical surface."

"I am certain there is too much certainty in the world."

"When I tested for Billy Budd, I had that kind of confidence that comes with the certainty that you're not going to get something. I was very rough around the edges."

"Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have been cocksure of many things that were not so."
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"Mortals are easily tempted to pinch the life out of their neighbour's buzzing glory, and think that such killing is no murder."

"I like not only to be loved, but also to be told that I am loved. I am not sure that you are of the same mind. But the realm of silence is large enough beyond the grave. This is the world of light and speech, and I shall take leave to tell you that you are very dear."

"Vanity is as ill at ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which it cannot return."

"Aye, aye, that's the way wi' thee: thee allays makes a peck o' thy own words out o' a pint o' the Bible's."

"An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry."

"And when a woman's will is as strong as the man's who wants to govern her, half her strength must be concealment."
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