Quotes with proofs

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  • Abbott Eliot Kittredge Christianity claims that the supernatural is as reasonable as the natural, that man himself is supernatural as truly as he is natural, and that the Bible is so clearly the word of God by proofs that are unanswerable, that it is unreasonable to disbelieve its divine truths.
    Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)
    Abbott Eliot Kittredge
    American minister (1834 - 1912)
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  • John Florio For proverbs are the pith, the proprieties, the proofs, the purities, the elegancies, as the commonest so the commendablest phrases of a language. To use them is a grace, to understand them a good.
    John Florio
    Italian-English linguist and translator (also called Giovanni Florio) (1553 - 1625)
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  • Arthur Godfrey I explained to the lady my love for John and his work, and she made it possible for me to purchase one of the 24 proofs, the one for 'I'm So Tired,' which I have on my piano at home.
    Arthur Godfrey
    American radio and television (1903 - 1983)
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  • Roland Barthes Literature is without proofs. By which it must be understood that it cannot prove, not only what it says, but even that it is worth the trouble of saying it.
    Roland Barthes
    French writer, literary critic, linguist and philosopher (1915 - 1980)
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  • John Locke One unerring mark of the love of truth is not entertaining any proposition with greater assurance than the proofs it is built upon will warrant.
    John Locke
    English philosopher (1632 - 1704)
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  • Susan Sontag Taste has no system and no proofs.
    Susan Sontag
    American writer, filmmaker, teacher, and political activist (1933 - 2004)
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  • Bernard Cornwell Then you start another book and suddenly the galley proofs of the last one come in and you have to wrench your attention away from what you're writing and try to remember what you were thinking when you wrote the previous one.
    Bernard Cornwell
    British author of historical novels (1944 - )
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  • Andrew Wiles There are proofs that date back to the Greeks that are still valid today.
    Andrew Wiles
    English mathematician (1953 - )
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  • William Shakespeare Trifles, light as air; are to the jealous confirmations strong; as proofs of the holy writ.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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