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,...

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...

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

You can never get all the facts from just one newspaper, and unless you have...

You can never get all the facts from just one newspaper, and unless you have...

Facts which at first seem improbable will, even on scant explanation, drop the cloak which...

Facts which at first seem improbable will, even on scant explanation, drop the cloak which...

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...

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....

It is easier to believe a lie that one has heard a thousand times than...

It is easier to believe a lie that one has heard a thousand times than...

The facts fairly and honestly presented; truth will take care of itself.

The facts fairly and honestly presented; truth will take care of itself.

Creatures whose mainspring is curiosity enjoy the accumulating of facts far more than the pausing...

Creatures whose mainspring is curiosity enjoy the accumulating of facts far more than the pausing...

Facts are ventriloquists dummies. Sitting on a wise man's knee they may be made to...

Facts are ventriloquists dummies. Sitting on a wise man's knee they may be made to...

Facts are stupid things.

Facts are stupid things.

Facts are stupid until brought into connection with some general law.

Facts are stupid until brought into connection with some general law.

Don't confuse facts with reality.

Don't confuse facts with reality.

Church isn't To prove your With Your God

Church isn't To prove your With Your God

Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable

Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable

A lawyer's primer: If you don't have the law, you argue the facts; if you...

A lawyer's primer: If you don't have the law, you argue the facts; if you...

The truth is more important than the facts.

The truth is more important than the facts.

People are constantly saying, 'How's it feel to have such an impact?' I just want...

People are constantly saying, 'How's it feel to have such an impact?' I just want...

The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound,...

The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound,...