#proves

The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done. ↗

— George Carlin

#done #enough #existence #fire #get

It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor. ↗

— Max Eastman

#humor #joke #make #proves #sense

I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death. ↗

— Leonardo da Vinci

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Nothing proves that we are more than nothing. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#nothing #proves #than

This system of encouragement proves serviceable as a preventive of punishment, the attainment of the tickets being a reward, the forfeiture of them the reverse; and, as such, boys seem often more affected by their loss than by coercion. ↗

— Joseph Lancaster

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We failed, but in the good providence of God apparent failure often proves a blessing. ↗

— Robert E. Lee

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Most of these pictures, taken while travelling, were developed on the mantelpiece of a hotel room, which proves that the method is easy enough to carry out. ↗

— Gabriel Lippmann

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You have not found your place until all your faculties are roused, and your whole nature consents and approves of the work you are doing. ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

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I now add, farther, that the apostle's argument is so far from proving it to be the duty of people to obey, and submit to, such rulers as act in contradiction to the public good, and so to the design of their office, that it proves the direct contrary. ↗

— Jonathan Mayhew

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As set forth by theologians, the idea of 'God' is an argument that assumes its own conclusions, and proves nothing. ↗

— Johann Most

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