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Certain Quotes - Page 19

There are certain themes of which the interest is all-absorbing, but which are too entirely horrible for the purposes of legitimate fiction.

Edgar Allan Poe, Stuart Levine, Susan Levine (1976). “The Short Fiction of Edgar Allan Poe: An Annotated Edition”, p.308, University of Illinois Press

One is certain of nothing but the truth of one's own emotions.

E. M. Forster (2013). “Delphi Collected Works of E. M. Forster (Illustrated)”, p.655, Delphi Classics

Principle is OK up to a certain point, but principle doesn't do any good if you lose.

"Nixon's empire strikes back" by Sidney Blumenthal, www.theguardian.com. June 9, 2005.

For my teachers, unfortunately, certain things were, as they are for you, only tales of power

Carlos Castaneda (2013). “Tales of Power”, p.57, Simon and Schuster

There is a certain dignity to being French.

"Brigitte Bardot fights plan for Hollywood biopic" by Lizzy Davies, www.theguardian.com. August 12, 2010.

Until I know this sure uncertainty, I'll entertain the offered fallacy.

William Shakespeare (2016). “The Comedy of Errors: Third Series”, p.192, Bloomsbury Publishing

A good cook is a certain slow poisoner, if you are not temperate.

Voltaire (2016). “VOLTAIRE – Premium Collection: Novels, Philosophical Writings, Historical Works, Plays, Poems & Letters (60+ Works in One Volume) - Illustrated: Candide, A Philosophical Dictionary, A Treatise on Toleration, Plato's Dream, The Princess of Babylon, Zadig, The Huron, Socrates, The Sage and the Atheist, Dialogues, Oedipus, Caesar…”, p.4099, e-artnow