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We demand guaranteed rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty.
We demand guaranteed rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty.
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.
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
Maturity of mind is the capacity to endure uncertainty.
Maturity of mind is the capacity to endure uncertainty.
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?]
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.]
Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing, through the overtaking and possessing of a read more
Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing, through the overtaking and possessing of a wish discovers the folly of the chase.
There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.
There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.
Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty.
Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty.