Do you know what a soldier is young man? He's the chap who makes it possible for civilised folk to despise war.

I would make this war as severe as possible and show no symptoms of tiring till the South begs for mercy.

I perceived how that it was impossible to establish the lay people in any truth except the Scripture were plainly laid before their eyes in their mother tongue.

The truth is often a terrible weapon of aggression. It is possible to lie and even to murder with the truth.

How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible whatever remains however improbable must be the truth?

It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible whatever remains however improbable must be the truth.

When you have eliminated the impossible whatever remains however improbable must be the truth.

It is possible to be a master in false philosophy easier in fact than to be a master in the truth because a false philosophy can be made as simple and consistent as one pleases.

If you would be a real seeker after truth it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt as far as possible all things.

Once you eliminate the impossible whatever remains no matter how improbable must be the truth.