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• There can be no proof that Blake's lyric is composed of the best words in the best order; only a conviction, accepted by our knowledge and judgment, that it is so.

  John Drinkwater

  Order, Judgment, Accepted

  John Drinkwater (1922). “The Lyric: An Essay”, p.8, Library of Alexandria

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• The word of knowledge, strictly employed, implies three things: truth, proof, and conviction.

  Richard Whately

  Understanding, Three, Conviction

  Richard Whately (1856). “Thoughts and Apophthegms: From the Writings of Archbishop Whateley”, p.15

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• We desperately need to understand something of the magnitude of sin, of evil, and of gross wickedness in this world if we are to appreciate our redemption. God's love, grace, and mercy shine all the brighter against the awful reality of evil. Indeed, the very existence of evil is a powerful proof of God's existence and holiness.

  Dave Hunt

  Powerful, Reality, Grace And Mercy

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• In London, theatregoers expect to laugh; in Paris, they wait grimly for proof that they should.

  Robert Dhery

  Paris, Laughing, Waiting

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• Assertion is not argument; to contradict the statement of an opponent is not proof that you are correct.

  Samuel Johnson

  Opponents, Belief, Argument

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• When the commission finds that a pig has entered the parlor, the exercise of its regulatory power does not depend on proof the pig is obscene.

  John Paul Stevens

  Exercise, Pigs, Justice

  "Stevens carved liberal legacy on high court". www.seattletimes.com. April 10, 2010.

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• I've heard claims that we can wish our way to perfect, permanent wellness, but I haven't seen any proof of that. Sickness and death are part of life. But you can optimize your life. You can make progress as you strive toward perfection.

  Brian Carter

  Health, Perfect, Wish

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• I called all the major network news bureaus, including Public Radio, and reported ozone AIDS cures coming out of Europe. Not a single reporter or show called back for details. I wrote and sent documentation to all the 'household word' TV talk show hosts who make their living acting 'concerned' and I tried all the 'AIDS fund raising spokespeople', show business celebs, even sending proof of their home addresses, but as of yet not one single phone call or inquiry came back for more.

  Ed McCabe

  Cancer, Home, Europe

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• Chess is a good way to learn, to keep your brain fit and the ego in check, a mental form of your local gymnasium. Those who see chess merely as a means of self-proof make the game experience uncomfortable and drive many of the better, more sensitive brains to analysis, correspondence, problems, studies and the like.

  Peter Abelard

  Mean, Self, Games

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• I feel sorry for Obama because he's still got to fight the innate racism of Americans. I mean, did you see his first speech, when he got made President and they put all that bullet proof glass in front of him? I think that shows you how racist America still is. Just because he's black doesn't mean he's going to shoot anybody.

  Frankie Boyle

  Sorry, Mean, Fighting

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• When I was fired from my post as General of the Fighter Arm, I was to give proof that this jet was a superior fighter. And that's when we did it. I think we did it.

  Adolf Galland

  Thinking, Giving, Arms

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• What better proof of love can there be than money? A ten-shilling note shows incontrovertibly just how mad about you a man is.

  Quentin Crisp

  Love, Men, Mad

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• Once I asked my counsellor for advice about my vocation. I asked, 'How can I know if God is calling me and for what he is calling me?' He answered, 'You will know by your happiness. If you are happy with the idea that God calls you to serve him and your neighbour, this will be the proof of your vocation.'

  Mother Teresa

  Ideas, Advice, Purpose

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• The age of the proof is in decline, it is the hour of 'witness' that is coming, hour of the 'marturioa', very calm and very complete: a hope which seems close to being realised.

  Henri de Lubac

  Being Real, Age, Classic

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• John was in constant need of proof of love and security and he was constantly testing people for that proof.

  Cynthia Lennon

  Proof Of Love, People, Needs

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• As a proof that we are regenerated, we must regenerate everything around us.

  Louis Claude de Saint-Martin

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• Indeed taking all the evidence together, it is not too much to say that there is no single historic incident better or more variously supported than the Resurrection of Christ. Nothing but the antecedent assumption that it must be false could have suggested the idea of deficiency in the proof of it.

  Brooke Westcott

  Ideas, Together, Too Much

  "The Gospel of the Resurrection: Thoughts on Its Relation to Reason and History".

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• All the proof of a pudding is in the eating.

  William Camden

  Pudding, Eating

  William Camden, John Philipot, Thomas Moule, Mark Antony Lower (1870). “Remains Concerning Britain”, p.333, Ep Publishing Limited

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• Not only are we harried by time, we seem unable, despite a thousand generations, even to get used to it. We are always amazed at it–how fast it goes, how slowly it goes, how much of it is gone. Where, we cry, has the time gone? We aren’t adapted to it, not at home in it. If that is so, it may appear as a proof, or at least a powerful suggestion, that eternity exists and is our home.

  Sheldon Vanauken

  Powerful, Home, Suggestions

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• Pulitzer's Gold is a goldmine of inspiration for both journalists and non-journalists. Those in the newspaper business, who now find themselves obsessing about staff cutbacks and circulation declines, should embrace this book as a reminder of the highest ideals, and the absolute thrills, to be found in their profession. As for regular readers, Pulitzer's Gold offers marvelous storytelling, real-life adventures, and absolute proof that journalism can change our world for the better.

  Jeffrey Zaslow

  Real, Book, Inspiration

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• There is no love; there are only proofs of love. Whatever love I might feel in my heart, others will see only my action.

  Pierre Reverdy

  Heart, Proof Of Love, Might

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• In debates between anarchists and statists, the burden of proof clearly should rest on those who place their trust in the state. Anarchy's mayhem is wholly conjectural; the state's mayhem is undeniably, factually horrendous.

  Robert Higgs

  Burden Of Proof, Anarchy, Debate

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• Be sceptical, ask questions, demand proof. Demand evidence. Don't take anything for granted. But here's the thing: When you get proof, you need to accept the proof. And we're not that good at doing that.

  Michael Specter

  Needs, Demand, Granted

  "The danger of science denial" by Michael Specter, www.theguardian.com. May 19, 2011.

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• The beautiful is the experimental proof that the incarnation is possible.

  Simone Weil

  Beautiful, Incarnation

  Simone Weil (2013). “The Notebooks of Simone Weil”, p.440, Routledge

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• All the Scriptures give clear proof of the Trinity, and it is from these that our principle is deduced...the distinction of the Trinity is quite clearly displayed.

  Tertullian

  Giving, Principles, Scripture

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