Ideas, like individuals, live and die. They flourish, according to their nature, in one soil or climate and droop in another. They are the vegetation of the mental world.

Quote by William MacNeile Dixon

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The facts of the present won't sit still for a portrait. They are constantly vibrating,...

The facts of the present won't sit still for a portrait. They are constantly vibrating,...

Facts sometimes have a strange and bizarre power that makes their inherent truth seem unbelievable.

Facts sometimes have a strange and bizarre power that makes their inherent truth seem unbelievable.

Don't confuse facts with reality.

Don't confuse facts with reality.

From principles is derived probability, but truth or certainty is obtained only from facts.

From principles is derived probability, but truth or certainty is obtained only from facts.

Facts do not 'speak for themselves', they are read in the light of theory

Facts do not 'speak for themselves', they are read in the light of theory

Since the masses are always eager to believe something, for their benefit nothing is so...

Since the masses are always eager to believe something, for their benefit nothing is so...

From principles is derived probability, but truth or certainty is obtained only from facts.

From principles is derived probability, but truth or certainty is obtained only from facts.

Facts are many, but the truth is one.

Facts are many, but the truth is one.

But facts are facts and flinch not

But facts are facts and flinch not

Acceptance is not submission; it is acknowledgement of the facts of a situation. Then deciding...

Acceptance is not submission; it is acknowledgement of the facts of a situation. Then deciding...

Anecdotes are sometimes the best vehicles of truth, and if striking and appropriate, are often...

Anecdotes are sometimes the best vehicles of truth, and if striking and appropriate, are often...

A fact never went into partnership with a miracle. Truth scorns the assistance of wonders....

A fact never went into partnership with a miracle. Truth scorns the assistance of wonders....

What looks like a loss may be the very event which is subsequently responsible for...

What looks like a loss may be the very event which is subsequently responsible for...

My parents were very pleased that I was in the army. The fact that I...

My parents were very pleased that I was in the army. The fact that I...

Facts are God's arguments; we should be careful never to misunderstand or pervert them

Facts are God's arguments; we should be careful never to misunderstand or pervert them

Education is not the piling on of learning, information, data, facts, skills, or abilities -...

Education is not the piling on of learning, information, data, facts, skills, or abilities -...

The truth is more important than the facts.

The truth is more important than the facts.

Don't tell me of facts, I never believe facts; you know Canning said nothing was...

Don't tell me of facts, I never believe facts; you know Canning said nothing was...

These days man knows the price of everything, but the value of nothing.

These days man knows the price of everything, but the value of nothing.

The times are not so bad as they seem; they couldn't be

The times are not so bad as they seem; they couldn't be