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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.
We demand guaranteed rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty.
We demand guaranteed rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty.
Uncertainty is the only certainty there is, and knowing how to live with insecurity is the only security.
Uncertainty is the only certainty there is, and knowing how to live with insecurity is the only security.
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!
Who knows whether the gods will add tomorrow to the present hour?
[Lat., Quis scit, an adjiciant hodiernae crastina read more
Who knows whether the gods will add tomorrow to the present hour?
[Lat., Quis scit, an adjiciant hodiernae crastina summae
Tempora di superi?]
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
All human things hang on a slender thread, the strongest fall
with a sudden crash.
[Lat., Omnia sunt read more
All human things hang on a slender thread, the strongest fall
with a sudden crash.
[Lat., Omnia sunt hominum tenui pendentia filo:
Et subito casu, quae valuere, ruunt.]
Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies.
Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies.
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.
