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Leslie Stephen Quotes

«Every man who says frankly and fully what he thinks is doing a public service.»
«If atheism is to be used to express the state of mind in which God is identified with the unknowable, and theology is pronounced to be a collection of meaningless words about unintelligible chimeras, then I have no doubt, and I think few people doubt»
«The division between faith and reason is a half-measure, till it is frankly admitted that faith has to do with fiction, and reason with fact»
«Walking is the natural recreation for a man who desires not absolutely to suppress his intellect but to turn it out to play for a season»
«The truth cannot be asserted without denouncing the falsehood»
«If you wish at once to do nothing and be respectable nowadays, the best pretext is to be at work on some profound study»
Author: Leslie Stephen | Keywords: at work, work on
«Chance is a name for our ignorance»
Author: Leslie Stephen | About: Chance
«She's throwing well. She's just playing with tremendous confidence. The team has made some great plays behind her. If we get her a couple of runs for a lead, as a coach, it's a great feeling.»
«We've been fortunate so far that we've been able to get runs early. When you have the defense we do and Brittany on the mound, that's a lot of confidence for our kids.»
«This game was about as evenly played as you could get. These close games are the kinds that are fun to coach. We were fortunate to come out on top.»