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Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be unwise in statesmanship. ↗

— James Russell Lowell

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Such discoveries have led me, and other geologists, to reconsider the evidence previously derived from caves brought forward in proof of the high antiquity of Man. ↗

— Charles Lyell

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The resistance of a woman is not always a proof of her virtue, but more frequently of her experience. ↗

— Ninon de L'Enclos

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We hold that the most wonderful and splendid proof of genius is a great poem produced in a civilized age. ↗

— Thomas B. Macaulay

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Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his tongue will not hesitate to do the same with his pen. ↗

— Maimonides

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In this connection, faith and experience teach us many truths by means of the short-cut of authority and by the proofs of very pleasant and agreeable feelings. ↗

— Nicolas Malebranche

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This planet Earth, the act of putting a roof over our heads, our flesh and blood existence, it's all very temporary. ↗

— Melissa Auf der Maur

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Europe is the unfinished negative of which America is the proof. ↗

— Mary McCarthy

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The immense popularity of American movies abroad demonstrates that Europe is the unfinished negative of which America is the proof. ↗

— Mary McCarthy

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May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof. ↗