William Pepperell Montague Quotes

• To regard the successful experiences which ensue from a belief as a criterion of its truth is one thing--and a thing that is sometimes bad and sometimes good--but to assume that truth itself consists in the process by which it is verified is a different thing and always bad.

  William Pepperell Montague

  Truth, Successful, Different

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• Skepticism is not a denial of belief, but rather a denial of rational grounds for belief.

  William Pepperell Montague

  Denial, Belief, Skepticism

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