“By proving contraries, truth is made manifest.”
“Wealth is not without its advantages and the case to the contrary, although it has often been made, has never proved widely persuasive. ”
“Etiquette requires the presumption of good until the contrary is proved.”
“Every Englishman abroad, until it is proved to the contrary, likes to consider himself a traveller and not a tourist.”
“Re: Central ParkBut the height proved the awesome truth that the park was made by man: nature re-created where it had been killed.”
“God will not have his work made manifest by cowards”