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The unique and supreme voluptuousness of love lies in the certainty of committing evil. And men and women know from birth that in evil is found all sensual delight.

~Charles Baudelaire

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When we deal with questions relating to principles of law and their applications, we do not suddenly rise into a stratosphere of icy certainty.

~Charles Evans Hughes

Topics: Applications Certainty Deal Icy Law Principles Questions Relating Rise Suddenly

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It is to be feared that those who emigrate to New South Wales, generally anticipate too great facility in their future operations and certainty of success in conducting them; but they should recollect that competency cannot be obtained without labour.

~Charles Sturt

Topics: Anticipate Cannot Certainty Conducting Facility Feared Future Generally Great Labour New Obtained Operations Should South Success Them Those Too Wales Who Without

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Whatever Seattle says, the great chief at Washington can rely upon with as much certainty as he can upon the return of the sun or the seasons.

~Chief Seattle

Topics: Certainty Chief Great He Much Rely Return Says Seasons Seattle Sun Washington Whatever

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Whenever you're at a poker table - and you're betting all of your chips - you're worried, you're scared. Is it the right play? Have I thought through all the angles? That's what stinks about life and business in general. If I had to calculate 100% certainty on every deal I did, I literally would do zero deals.

~Chip Gaines

Topics: About Angles Betting Business Calculate Certainty Chips Deal Deals Did Every General Had Life Literally Play Poker Right Scared Stinks Table Thought Through Whenever Worried Would You Your Zero

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Doubt is important because it suggests progress. Total certainty can mean there's no assessment of things. Doubt, if you don't panic, can allow newness to come in and challenge something that's an established mode.

~Chris Ofili

Topics: Allow Assessment Because Certainty Challenge Come Doubt Established Important Mean Mode Newness Panic Progress Something Things Total You

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But teleological considerations can lead no further than to a belief and a hope. They do not give certainty.

~Christian Lous Lange

Topics: Belief Certainty Considerations Further Give Hope Lead Than

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I'm not resigned, but I'm realistic too. The statistics in my case are very poor. Not many people come through esophageal cancer and live to talk about it, or not for long. And the other wager is, the part of the wager, it's a certainty you'll have a terrible time and you may wish you were dying because it's an awful process.

~Christopher Hitchens

Topics: About Awful Because Cancer Case Certainty Come Dying Live Long Many May Other Part People Poor Process Realistic Resigned Statistics Talk Terrible Through Time Too Very Were Wish You

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It is only of life on Earth, however, that one can speak with any certainty. It seems to me that all life on Earth, the sum total of life upon the Earth, has purpose.

~Clifford D. Simak

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We have to be mindful that there is the certainty that terrorists will attempt to launch multiple attacks against their enemy, which is us and our allies.

~Cofer Black

Topics: Against Allies Attacks Attempt Certainty Enemy Launch Mindful Multiple Our Terrorists Us Which Will

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