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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 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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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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We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life for it is only action that gives a true value and commendation to virtue. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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I guess Im pretty much of a lone wolf. I dont say I dont like people at all, but, to tell you the truth, I only like it then if I have a chance to look deep into their hearts and their minds. – Bela Lugosi

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The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself. – Jim Rohn

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Truth bends abashed, and answers not. – Thomas Hardy, “An Impromptu to the Editor,” The Cornhill Magazine, January 1910

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