It is the dull man who is always sure, and the sure man who is alw

It is the dull man who is always sure, and the sure man who is always dull. – H. L. Mencken

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We delight in one knowable thing, which comprehends all that is knowable; in one apprehensible, which draws together all that can be apprehended; in a single being that includes all, above all in the one which is itself the all. – Giordano Bruno

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When men are the most sure and arrogant they are commonly the most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation and suspense which alone can secure them from the grossest absurdities. – David Hume

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Inquiry is fatal to certainty. – Will Durant

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