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    Isn't it the moment of most profound doubt that gives birth to new certainties? Perhaps hopelessness is the very soil that nourishes human hope; perhaps one could never find sense in life without first experiencing its absurdity...

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There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.

There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.

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Ah, what a dusty answer gets the soul when hot for certainties in this our life!

Ah, what a dusty answer gets the soul when hot for certainties in this our life!

by George Meredith Found in: Certainty Quotes,
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In these matters the only certainty is that there is nothing certain.

In these matters the only certainty is that there is nothing certain.

by Pliny The Elder Found in: Certainty Quotes,
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If we begin with certainties, we shall end in doubts; but if we begin with doubts, and are patient in read more

If we begin with certainties, we shall end in doubts; but if we begin with doubts, and are patient in them, we shall end in certainties.

by Francis Bacon Found in: Certainty Quotes,
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In a universe of ambiguity, this kind of certainty comes only once, no matter how many lifetimes you live.

In a universe of ambiguity, this kind of certainty comes only once, no matter how many lifetimes you live.

by Robert James Waller Found in: Certainty Quotes,
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If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts: but if he will be content to begin read more

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts: but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

by Francis Bacon, Sr. Found in: Certainty Quotes,
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Certainty is the mother of quiet and repose, and uncertainty the cause of variance and contentions

Certainty is the mother of quiet and repose, and uncertainty the cause of variance and contentions

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When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also add that some things are more nearly certain read more

When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also add that some things are more nearly certain than others

by Bertrand Russell Found in: Certainty Quotes,
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To be absolutely certain about something, one must know everything or nothing about it.

To be absolutely certain about something, one must know everything or nothing about it.

by Olin Miller Found in: Certainty Quotes,
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