A Quote by Henry Thomas Buckle

He who knows most believes the least.

Henry Thomas Buckle

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Henry Thomas Buckle
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November 24, 1821 - May 29, 1862

The government spokesman announces that there is no truth in the charges of widespread corruption within the Cabinet; nobody believes him; he knows that nobody believes him, we know that he knows it, and he knows it too.

Terry Eagleton

But anyone who has been that young knows that the great grief of love is that your body feels the most when it knows the least.

Sarah Dunant

Everyone who believes in God at all believes that he knows what you and I are going to do tomorrow.

C. S. Lewis

No one believes an hypothesis except its originator but everyone believes an experiment except the experimenter. Most people are ready to believe something based on experiment but the experimenter knows the many little things that could have gone wrong in the experiment.

William Ian Beardmore Beveridge

It is at least scientifically respectable to postulate that at the centre of a black hole the laws of nature no longer apply. Since most scientists are just a bit religious and most religious are seldom wholly unscientific we find humanity in a comical position. His scientific intellect believes in the possibility of miracles inside a black hole while his religious intellect believes in them outside it.

William Golding

He who knows not how to plant his will in things at least endows them with some meaning: that is to say, he believes that a will is already present in them (A principle of faith.)

Friedrich Nietzsche

For every little kid who still believes in Santa Claus, there is at least one adult who still believes in professional wrestling.

Doug Larson

The villain is the person who knows the most but cares the least.

Chuck Klosterman

Of the future, man knows least; yet, about this, he worries most.

Ivan Panin

Melody is the essence of music. I compare a good melodist to a fine racer, and counterpointists to hack post-horses; therefore be advised, let well alone and remember the old Italian proverb: Chi sa più, meno sa? Who knows most, knows least.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

The most educated person in the world now has to admit-- I shall not say confess-- that he or she knows less and less but at least knows less and less about more and more.

Christopher Hitchens

[Texas is] the place where there are the most cows and the least milk and the most rivers and the least water in them, and where you can look the farthest to see the least.

H. L. Mencken

I cannot divine how it happens that the man who knows the least is the most argumentative.

Giovanni della Casa

Who knows the origin of religion? Certainly not the one who believes in it. Understanding and belief are quite antagonistic. The man who understands religion does not believe in it, the man who believes in it does not understand it.

Chapman Cohen

The easiest way to thrive as an outlier is to avoid being one. At least among your most treasured peers. Surround yourself with people in at least as much of a hurry, at least as inquisitive, at least as focused as you are.

Seth Godin

Dogmatism is by far the best fall-back defense, the most impregnable castle, that ignorance can find. It's also a dead give-away that the person doesn't know why he believes what he believes.

Bob Altemeyer

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