Certainty

No disorders have employed so many quacks, as those that have no cure; and no sciences have exercised so many quills, as those that have no certainty.

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In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.

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The quest for certainty blocks the search for meaning. Uncertainty is the very condition to impel man to unfold his powers.

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Certainty has become a consumer product. It is marketed the world over–by insurance companies, investment advisers, election campaigns, and the medical industry.

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A common fallacy in much of the adverse criticism to which science is subjected today is that it claims certainty, infallibility and complete emotional objectivity. It would be more nearly true to say that it is based upon wonder, adventure and hope.

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Certainty generally is illusion, and repose is not the destiny of man.

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I believe that we do not know anything for certain, but everything probably.

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A woman's guess is much more accurate than a man's certainty.

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We may not be able to get certainty, but we can get probability, and half a loaf is better than no bread.

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

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There is no such thing as absolute certainty, but there is assurance sufficient for the purposes of human life.

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As mathematical and absolute certainty is seldom to be attained in human affairs, reason and public utility require that judges and all mankind in forming their opinions of the truth of facts should be regulated by the superior number of the probabilities on the one side or the other whether the amount of these probabilities be expressed in words and arguments or by figures and numbers.

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The scientist believes in proof without certainty, the bigot in certainty without proof.

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What certainty can there be in a Philosophy which consists in as many Hypotheses as there are Phenomena to be explained. To explain all nature is too difficult a task for any one man or even for any one age. 'Tis much better to do a little with certainty, & leave the rest for others that come after you, than to explain all things by conjecture without making sure of any thing.

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What is known for certain is dull.

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Since we can never know anything for sure, it is simply not worth searching for certainty; but it is well worth searching for truth; and we do this chiefly by searching for mistakes, so that we have to correct them.

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Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.

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It is said to await certainty is to await eternity.

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The certainties of one age are the problems of the next.

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I believe in evil. It is the property of all those who are certain of truth. Despair and fanaticism are only differing manifestations of evil.

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Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is an absurd one.

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If you tried to doubt everything you would not get as far as doubting anything. The game of doubting itself presupposes certainty.

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