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Famous quotes containing the words sharp, statements, equivalent and/or existence:

    “The East Wind, an interloper in the dominions of Westerly Weather, is an impassive-faced tyrant with a sharp poniard held behind his back for a treacherous stab.”
    —Joseph Conrad (1857–1924)

    “If we do take statements to be the primary bearers of truth, there seems to be a very simple answer to the question, what is it for them to be true: for a statement to be true is for things to be as they are stated to be.”
    —J.L. (John Langshaw)

    “Distinctions drawn by the mind are not necessarily equivalent to distinctions in reality.”
    —Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225–1274)

    “I came here for one thing only, to try to help national Ireland—and if there is no such thing in existence then the sooner I pay for my illusions the better.”
    —Roger Casement (1864–1916)