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Certain Quotes - Page 2

The power of the lawyer is in the uncertainty of the law.

Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring (1842). “The Works of Jeremy Bentham, Now First Collected”, p.429

The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.

Michel de Montaigne, Bayle St. John (1866). “Essays [tr. by Cotton”, p.235

A man who is certain he is right is almost sure to be wrong.

Bence Jones, Michael Faraday (2010). “The Life and Letters of Faraday”, p.272, Cambridge University Press

Certitude is not the test of certainty.

Harvard Law Review Natural Law Volume 32, Number 1, November 1918 (p. 40)

Antioxidants have a good effect on certain forms of Crohn's disease.

"Mary Ann Mobley: going public about a private disease". Saturday Evening Post Interview with Cory SerVaas, January 1, 1994.

A certain blue enters your soul

Henri Matisse, Jack D. Flam (1995). “Matisse on Art”, p.211, Univ of California Press

I will go on quietly and slowly, but I will go on firmly, and with a certainty of success.

Daniel O'Connell (1872). “Life and Speeches of Daniel O'Connell ....: Including Many Speeches Not in Other Collections”, p.187

If we do everything right, if we do it with absolute certainty, there's still a 30% chance we're going to get it wrong.

"MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski Gushingly Admits: Joe Biden Is 'Our Guy,' Also, 'I Love Him'". Interview with Rachel Burnett, www.newsbusters.org. July 19, 2010.

There is a certain androgyny to my appeal.

"Ellen Barkin on 'Another Happy Day,' Sam Levinson, and Being a 'Broad'". Interview with Kevin Sessums, www.thedailybeast.com. November 15, 2011.