We would be false to our trust if we allowed the time it takes to give effect to constitutional rights to be used as the very reason for taking away those rights.
Trust your gut instinct over spreadsheets. There are too many variables in the real world that you simply can't put into a spreadsheet. Spreadsheets spit out results from your inexact assumptions and give you a false sense of security. In most cases your heart and gut are still your best guide.
So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.
I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.
Ever since the arrival of printing - thought to be the invention of the devil because it would put false opinions into people's minds - people have been arguing that new technology would have disastrous consequences for language.
Technology has a shadow side. It accounts for real progress in medicine but has also hurt it in many ways making it more impersonal expensive and dangerous. The false belief that a safety net of sophisticated drugs and machines stretches below us permitting risky or lazy lifestyle choices has undermined our spirit of self-reliance.
Being best is a false goal you have to measure success on your own terms.
Remember that it is not enough to abstain from lying by word of mouth for the worst lies are often conveyed by a false look smile or act.
I think the perception of there being a deep gulf between science and the humanities is false.
False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science for they often endure long but false views if supported by some evidence do little harm for every one takes a salutary pleasure in proving their falseness.
I think that the Information Age is great but there's a downside to it obviously as well and it's that false information can be perpetuated so quickly. And it's sad that so many people will believe it.
I once made the mistake of going for a whole row of false eyelashes which was just wrong as it gave me a sad puppy-eyed look.
The president we have today is a typical Washington politician that's prone to hyperbole and decisiveness and false outrage. And I think it's very sad - very sad to watch.
Willing or preferring is the same with respect to good and evil that judging is with respect to truth or falsehood.
There are two sorts of hypocrites: ones that are deceived with their outward morality and external religion and the others are those that are deceived with false discoveries and elevation which often cry down works and men's own righteousness and.
Religion is regarded by the common people as true by the wise as false and by the rulers as useful.
Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes.