"In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain."

Certainty, Nothing

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"In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain."

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"It's already figured out."

Anonymous, Unknown Unknown

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"A bird in hand is a certainty. But a bird in the bush may sing."

Bret Harte, American Author

Certainty, May

"No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty."

George Eliot, British Author

Certainty, Deed

"That the sun will not rise tomorrow is no less intelligible a proposition, and implies no more contradiction, than the affirmation, that it will rise."

David Hume, Scottish Philosopher

Certainty, Affirmation, Contradiction, Sun, Tomorrow

"Could we have prevented in 100% certainty? I don't think anything is that certain. However, we would have had a very, very good chance for preventing it."

Sibel Edmonds, American Public Servant

Certainty, Chance

"When we deal with questions relating to principles of law and their applications, we do not suddenly rise into a stratosphere of icy certainty."

Charles Evans Hughes, American Judge

Certainty, Law, Principles, Questions

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

May Sarton, American Poet

Certainty, Mind

"Inquiry is fatal to certainty."

Will Durant, American Historian

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

Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish Scientist

Certainty, Earth

"Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have been cocksure of many things that were not so."

Oliver Wendell Holmes, American Writer

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"From the end spring new beginnings."

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"An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit."

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"The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth."

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"The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach."

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"It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it."

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"Grief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen."

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"It's already figured out."

"A bird in hand is a certainty. But a bird in the bush may sing."

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"That the sun will not rise tomorrow is no less intelligible a proposition, and implies no more contradiction, than the affirmation, that it will rise."

"Could we have prevented in 100% certainty? I don't think anything is that certain. However, we would have had a very, very good chance for preventing it."

"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."

"Inquiry is fatal to certainty."

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

"Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have been cocksure of many things that were not so."

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"Such is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work."

"From the end spring new beginnings."

"An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit."

"The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth."

"The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach."

"Home is where the heart is."

"The best plan is to profit by the folly of others."

"No mortal man, moreover is wise at all moments."

"It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it."

"Grief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen."