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Dictum Quotes

Quotes on timeless dictums

This set of dictum quotes questions the old idea that truth Always triumphs over persecution, calling it a pleasant but often false saying.

My dictum has always been: 'This show is happening just here, just tonight, with these people who are in this hall, and nobody knows what's going to happen until it's done.'

Quotes by Peter Hammill

The earth is the Lord's fullness thereof: this is no longer a hollow dictum of religion, but a directive for economic action toward human brotherhood.

Quotes by Lewis Mumford

The dictum that truth always triumphs over persecution is one of the pleasant falsehoods which men repeat after one another till they pass into commonplaces, but which all experience refutes.

Quotes by John Stuart Mill

Remember Graham Green's dictum that childhood is the bank balance of the writer? I think that all writers feel alienated. Most of us go back to an alienated childhood in some way or another. I know that I do.

Quotes by John le Carre

Action Quotes

An ancient dictum says that when Zeus wanted to destroy someone, he would first drive him mad.

Quotes by Jean-Marie Le Pen

The ideas which now pass for brilliant innovations and advances are in fact mere revivals of ancient errors, and a further proof of the dictum that those who are ignorant of the past are condemned to repeat it.

Quotes by Henry Hazlitt

Surely it is time to examine into the meaning of words and the nature of things, and to arrive at simple facts, not received upon the dictum of learned authorities, but upon attentive personal observation of what is passing around...

Quotes by Frances Wright

Frequently Asked Questions

What famous dictum about truth is questioned in these quotes?
One challenges the idea that truth Always triumphs over persecution, calling it a pleasant but often false saying.
Do dictum quotes reference writers?
Yes, one recalls a dictum that childhood is the bank balance of a writer, connecting early life to creative work.
What ancient dictum is mentioned about power?
One recalls an ancient dictum saying that Zeus would first drive someone mad before destroying them.
Do dictum quotes touch on religion and economics?
Yes, one reframes a religious dictum about the earth's fullness as a directive for economic action toward human brotherhood.
What overall theme connects dictum quotes?
They examine long-repeated sayings about truth, Childhood, power, and religion, questioning how much wisdom they truly hold.

Other lines recall a famous dictum that Childhood is a writer's bank balance, alongside ancient warnings about power and madness.