WIST Quotations

Browne, Thomas -- Religio Medici, Part 1, sec. 25 (1643)

Dave — Wed, 18 May 2016 14:15:54 +0000

This is a vice in them, that were a vertue in us; for obstinacy in a bad cause, is but constancy in a good.

Thomas Browne (1605–1682) English physician and author
Religio Medici, Part 1, sec. 25 (1643)
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Dave — Mon, 16 Mar 2015 12:06:26 +0000

If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting, too ….

Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) English writer
“If–” st. 1 (1910)
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Dave — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:41:20 +0000

I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience neither right nor safe. Here I stand. I can do no other, so help me God. Amen.

Martin Luther (1483–1546) German priest, theologian, writer, religious reformer
Speech before the Diet of Worms (18 Apr 1521)