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Sincerity is always subject to proof.

Sincerity is always subject to proof.

Inaugural Address, delivered 20 January 1961

A mind which really lays hold of a subject is not easily detached from it.

Ida Minerva Tarbell (1915). “The Ways of Woman”

You don't want to cover a subject; you want to uncover it.

Eleanor Ruth Duckworth (2006). “"The Having of Wonderful Ideas" and Other Essays on Teaching and Learning”

No student knows his subject: the most he knows is where and how to find out the things he does not know

Woodrow Wilson (2012). “The New Freedom A Call For the Emancipation of the Generous Energies of a People”, p.72, tredition

On the whole, God’s love for us is a much safer subject to think about than our love for Him.

C. S. Lewis (2003). “A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis”, p.84, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Everyone is a reactionary about subjects he understands.

"Scourge and poet" by Andrew Brown, www.theguardian.com. February 14, 2003.

I dread specialists in power because they are specialists speaking outside of their special subject.

C. S. Lewis (2014). “God in the Dock”, p.350, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

The subject of a rumor is always the last to hear it.

Stefan Zweig (2008). “The Post-office Girl”, New York Review of Books

Some subjects are so serious that one can only joke about them.

"The Genius of Science: A Portrait Gallery". Book by Abraham Pais, 2000.

After all, everyone's favorite subject is themselves.

Neil Strauss (2011). “The Game and Rules of the Game”, p.55, Canongate Books