Famous quotes containing the word prove:
“We stood talking for some time together of Bishop Berkeleys ingenious sophistry to prove the non-existence of matter, and that every thing in the universe is merely ideal. I observed, that though we are satisfied his doctrine is not true, it is impossible to refute it. I shall never forget the alacrity with which Johnson answered, striking his foot with mighty force against a large stone, till he rebounded from it, I refute it thus.”
—Samuel Johnson (17091784)
“These South savannahs may yet prove battle-fields.”
—Herman Melville (18191891)
“Arguments too stale to mention
Gainst American invention
Most of all the mass production
Destined to prove our destruction.”
—Robert Frost (18741963)
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