Present Case

Famous quotes containing the words present and/or case:

    The present age ... prefers the sign to the thing signified, the copy to the original, fancy to reality, the appearance to the essence ... for in these days illusion only is sacred, truth profane.
    Ludwig Feuerbach (1804–1872)

    I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to believe it.
    Herodotus (c. 484–424 B.C.)