I never guess. It is a shocking habit -- destructive to the logica

I never guess. It is a shocking habit — destructive to the logical faculty. – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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There never comes a point where a theory can be said to be true. The most that one can claim for any theory is that it has shared the successes of all its rivals and that it has passed at least one test which they have failed. – Sir Alfred Jules Ayer

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Treat with utmost respect your power of forming opinions, for this power alone guards you against making assumptions that are contrary to nature and judgments that overthrow the rule of reason. – Marcus Aurelius

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Theories are always very thin and insubstantial, experience only is tangible. – Hosea Ballou

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