Truth, like a torch, the more it's shook it shines.
Sir William Hamilton ['Discussions on Philosophy', 1852]
Sir William Hamilton ['Discussions on Philosophy', 1852]
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- Foolery, sir, does walk about the orb like the sun;
it shines everywhere. -- William Shakespeare (1564... - The man who finds a truth lights a torch.
-- Robert G.
Ingersoll, _The... - And like a dew-drop from the lion's mane,
Be shook to air.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Troilus and Cressida... - To know what has to be done, then do it, comprises the whole philosophy of
practical life.
Sir William... - There is something in this more than natural, if philosophy could find it out.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Hamlet -- Act ii... - The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next,
good sense, the third, good humor, and the fourth,... - Leave me a torch -- I like to see what I'm scared of.
. --... - Truth is the object of philosophy, but not always of philosophers.
John... - Never hold discussions with the monkey
when the organ grinder is in the room.
Sir Winston...
