Quote by Thomas Carlyle
One must verify or expel his doubts, and convert them into the cer

One must verify or expel his doubts, and convert them into the certainty of Yes or NO. – Thomas Carlyle

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No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men. – Thomas Carlyle

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All deep things are song. It seems somehow the very central essence of us, song; as if all the rest were but wrappages and hulls! – Thomas Carlyle

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Foolish men imagine that because judgment for an evil thing is delayed, there is no justice but only accident here below. Judgment for an evil thing is many times delayed some day or two, some century or two, but it is sure as life, it is sure as death. – Thomas Carlyle

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Inquiry is fatal to certainty. – Will Durant

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

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Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes. – Benjamin Franklin

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