Quotes with proves

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  • Mark Twain The fact that man knows right from wrong proves his intellectual superiority to the other creatures; but the fact that he can do wrong proves his moral inferiority to any creatures that cannot.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • William Cowper The man that hails you Tom or Jack, and proves by thumps upon your back how he esteems your merit, is such a friend, that one had need be very much his friend indeed to pardon or to bear it.
    William Cowper
    English poet (1731 - 1800)
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  • Wallace Stevens The philosopher proves that the philosopher exists. The poet merely enjoys existence.
    Wallace Stevens
    American poet (1879 - 1955)
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  • Thomas B. Macaulay The whole history of Christianity proves that she has indeed little to fear from persecution as a foe, but much to fear from persecution as an ally.
    Thomas B. Macaulay
    American essayist and historian (1800 - 1859)
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  • Georges Clemenceau When a man asks himself what is meant by action he proves that he isn't a man of action. Action is a lack of balance. In order to act you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking.
    Georges Clemenceau
    French physician and politician (1841 - 1929)
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  • Barry Levinson You have a movie and it proves itself and then certain things happen.
    Barry Levinson
    American filmmaker, screenwriter, and actor (1942 - )
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  • Walter Benjamin All religions have honored the beggar. For he proves that in a matter at the same time as prosaic and holy, banal and regenerative as the giving of alms, intellect and morality, consistency and principles are miserably inadequate.
    Walter Benjamin
    German philosopher (1892 - 1940)
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  • Thomas Alva Edison I believe that the science of chemistry alone almost proves the existence of an intelligent creator.
    Thomas Alva Edison
    American inventor and founder of General Electric (1847 - 1931)
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  • Thomas Alva Edison I know this world is ruled by infinite intelligence. Everything that surrounds us - everything that exists - proves that there are infinite laws behind it. There can be no denying this fact. It is mathematical in its precision.
    Thomas Alva Edison
    American inventor and founder of General Electric (1847 - 1931)
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