But what is liberty without wisdom and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils for it is folly vice and madness without tuition or restraint.
I don't think it's possible to have a wedding without it being stressful!
In short it may be said that on paper the obligations to settle international disputes peacefully are now so comprehensive and far-reaching that it is almost impossible for a state to resort to war without violating one or more solemn treaty obligations.
Do you know what a soldier is young man? He's the chap who makes it possible for civilised folk to despise war.
I would make this war as severe as possible and show no symptoms of tiring till the South begs for mercy.
I perceived how that it was impossible to establish the lay people in any truth except the Scripture were plainly laid before their eyes in their mother tongue.
The truth is often a terrible weapon of aggression. It is possible to lie and even to murder with the truth.
How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible whatever remains however improbable must be the truth?
It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible whatever remains however improbable must be the truth.
When you have eliminated the impossible whatever remains however improbable must be the truth.
It is possible to be a master in false philosophy easier in fact than to be a master in the truth because a false philosophy can be made as simple and consistent as one pleases.
If you would be a real seeker after truth it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt as far as possible all things.
Once you eliminate the impossible whatever remains no matter how improbable must be the truth.
You always want to go out there with the best book possible so I listen to what my editors say and even if they don't know how to fix it I always seem to find a way. 'Trust Your Eyes' is the best book I've written and I don't know if I can do any better.
I don't trust Santa Barbara as far as I can spit. I am afraid that if I went back there it's possible that I could be run through their system their judicial system and wind up in some county jail where I could be killed and I'm not gonna take that chance.
Suicide is possible but not probable hanging I trust is even more unlikely for I hope that by the time I die my countrymen will have become civilised enough to abolish capital punishment.
And trust yes which is important but that is what I aim towards. Now that is difficult for some people and with that desire to get things as good as possible I would say that I'm probably regarded as quite prickly to work with.