Stated Proposition

Famous quotes containing the words stated and/or proposition:

    A stated truth loses its grace, but a repeated error appears insipid and ridiculous.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)

    We criticize a thinker more acutely when he advances a proposition that is disagreeable to us; and yet it would be more reasonable to do so when his proposition is agreeable to us.
    Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)