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Quote by Peter Abelard
It is by doubting that we come to investigate, and by investigatin

It is by doubting that we come to investigate, and by investigating that we recognize the truth. – Peter Abelard

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The purpose and cause of the incarnation was that He might illuminate the world by His wisdom and excite it to the love of Himself. – Peter Abelard

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The key to wisdom is this – constant and frequent questioning, for by doubting we are led to question and by questioning we arrive at the truth. – Peter Abelard

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I never gave anybody hell! I just told the truth and they thought it was hell. – Harry S. Truman

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It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. – Arthur Conan Doyle

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Youve got to demand the truth from yourself. – Glenn Beck

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The three-year-old who lies about taking a cookie isnt really a liar after all. He simply cant control his impulses. He then convinces himself of a new truth and, eager for your approval, reports the version that he knows will make you happy. – Cathy Rindner Tempelsman

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