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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?]
Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty.
Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty.
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
When the mind is in a state of uncertainty the smallest impulse
directs it to either side.
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When the mind is in a state of uncertainty the smallest impulse
directs it to either side.
[Lat., Dum in dubio est animus, paulo momento huc illuc
impellitur.]
To be uncertain is to be uncomfortable, but to be certain is to be ridiculous.
To be uncertain is to be uncomfortable, but to be certain is to be ridiculous.
Maturity of mind is the capacity to endure uncertainty.
Maturity of mind is the capacity to endure uncertainty.
We demand guaranteed rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty.
We demand guaranteed rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty.
The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next.
The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next.
This
I ever held worse that all certitude,
To know not what the worst ahead might be.
This
I ever held worse that all certitude,
To know not what the worst ahead might be.
