Supposable Quotes & Sayings

It is supposable that, in the eyes of angels, a struggle down a dark lane and a battle of Leipsic differ in nothing but excess of wickedness. — Robert Aris Willmott

Do not let emotions fluctuate with the up and down of your capital. — Michael Covel

It has been the practice of all Christian commentators on the Bible, and of all Christian priests and preachers, to impose the Bible on the world as a mass of truth, and as the word of God; they have disputed and wrangled, and have anathematized each other about the supposable meaning of particular parts and passages therein; one has said and insisted that such a passage meant such a thing, another that it meant directly the contrary, and a third, that it meant neither one nor the other, but something different from both; and this they have called understanding the Bible.
It has happened, that all the answers that I have seen to the former part of 'The Age of Reason' have been written by priests: and these pious men, like their predecessors, contend and wrangle, and understand the Bible; each understands it differently, but each understands it best; and they have agreed in nothing but in telling their readers that Thomas Paine understands it not. — Thomas Paine

The only way to win is to work, work, work, work, and hope to have a few insights — Charlie Munger

In all the woods and forests, God did not create a single leaf the same as any other ... People go against nature because they lack the courage to be different. — Paulo Coelho

English history consists largely of royal people getting their heads chopped off ... Needless to say, this brand of history was a hit with our son. — Dave Barry

One can only define the unknown by its supposed and supposable relations with the known. — Eliphas Levi

the chapel bells. Unlike most of his — Chad Harbach