Al-Farabi Quotes
To accept something on mere presumption and, likewise, to fail to investigate it may cover over, blind, and lead astray.
Quotes to Explore
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Prudence is a presumption of the future, contracted from the experience of time past.
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For one to grasp, whatever be his object, sov'reign power ... is an act of perilous presumption.
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A person unlearns arrogance when he knows he is always among worthy human beings; being alone fosters presumption. Young people are arrogant because they always associate with their own peers, those who are all really nothing but who would like to be very important.
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Searching for precious goods leads astray.
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Principle II: The presumptions of the law are creative presumptions:;: they are aimed at conditions to be brought about, and only for that reason ignore conditions which exist.
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Believe to the end, even if all men went astray and you were left the only one faithful; bring your offering even then and praise God in your loneliness.
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I am in truth the Steppenwolf that I often call myself; that beast astray that finds neither home nor joy nor nourishment in a world that is strange and incomprehensible to him.
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No, it's not terrible. There's fantastic news. Come to my place, you'll see some of it. Go investigate the American Tree Farm System. There are 65,000 members that are absolutely fantastic, exemplary stewards of the land.
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I have many times essayed thoroughly to investigate the ten commandments, but at the very outset, "I am the Lord thy God," I stuck fast; that very one word, I, put me to a non-plus. He that has but one word of God before him, and out of that word cannot make a sermon, can never be a preacher.
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To lose what we have never owned might seem an eccentric bereavement, but Presumption has its own affliction as well as claim.
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We most often go astray on a well trodden and much frequented road.
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It's easy to be led astray when you're so broken. People take advantage of you.
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In many cases, the authorities can't really prove if the person is in danger or not, because they can't send a person to Afghanistan to investigate each and every case.
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The Lord will never permit me or any other man who stands as president of this church to lead you astray.
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We start from the presumption that our people are talented and want to contribute. We accept that, without meaning to, our company is stifling that talent in myriad unseen ways. Finally, we try to identify those impediments and fix them.
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Truth may be stranger than fiction on a plot and narrative basis, but fiction can investigate tone in a way that things based on a true story can't.
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Follow your heart. It rarely leads you astray. It's thinking that gets us into trouble.
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I am the biggest klutz on set. I honestly don't think I have ever been as klutzy as when I'm on set. People call me 'Grace' ironically because I'm not graceful. It's ridiculous.
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It's fun to go to the movies and be scared.
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Planned Parenthood has a right to operate. Planned Parenthood has a right to provide family planning services. Planned parenthood has a right to perform abortions.
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I feel that music is more flexible than language and your song, or "piece" is only as flexible as your least flexible component.
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God raises up such men as John Bunyan and William Huntington but once in a century.
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To accept something on mere presumption and, likewise, to fail to investigate it may cover over, blind, and lead astray.
