The only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him; and the surest way to make him untrustworthy is to distrust him and show your distrust.
henry l. stimsonThe passion of hatred is so durable and so inveterate that the surest prognostic of death in a sick man is a wish for reconciliation.
The city’s architecture is the surest sign that Goa evolved independently of the rest of India. In the small old quarters of Fontainhas and Sao Tomé, winding alleyways are lined with Portuguese-style houses, boasting distinctive red-tiled roofs, wooden window shutters and rickety balconies decorated with bright pots of petunias.
The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.
We have a saying in the House of Commons; that old ways are the safest and surest ways.
Sir Edward CokeThe surest way notto be remembered istotalk aboutthe way you want to be.
Norman Kingsley MailerThe Common lawes of the Realme should by no means be delayed for the law is the surest sanctuary, that a man should take, and the strongest fortresse to protect the weakest of all, lex et tutissima cassis.
edward cokeThe readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.
demosthenesSincerity is the surest road to confidence.
david lloyd georgeNational injustice is the surest road to national downfall.
william ewart gladstone"The surest way to work up a crusade in favor of some good cause is to promise people they will have a chance of maltreating someone. To be able to destroy with good conscience, to be able to behave badly and call your bad behavior "righteous indignation" this is the height of psychological luxury, the most delicious of moral treats."
aldous huxleyThe surest way to hit a woman’s heart is to take aim kneeling.
Douglas William JerroldRegrettably, one of the surest signs of the Philistine is his reverence for the superior tastes of those who put him down.
Pauline KaelThe surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him. That remark in itself wouldn't make any sense if quoted as it stands.
The word of God is solid; it will stand a thousand readings; and the man who has gone over it the most frequently and the most carefully is the surest of finding new wonders there.
It is not uncommon for ignorant and corrupt men to falsely charge others with doing what they imagine that they themselves, in their narrow minds and experience, would have done under the circumstances of a given case, and the surest check, often the only check, on such perjury, is to recognize the impossibility that men of larger instruction and resources and experience could have been guilty of such conduct.
We are persuaded that good Christians will always be good citizens , and that where righteousness prevails among individuals the Nation will be great and happy. Thus while just government protects all in their religious rights, true religion affords to government it's surest support.
The Common lawes of the Realme should by no means be delayed for the law is the surest sanctuary, that a man should take, and the strongest fortresse to protect the weakest of all, lex et tutissima cassis.
edward cokeOf praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came, And the puff of a dunce, he mistook it for fame; Till his relish grown callous, almost to displease, Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please.
The surest pledge of a deathless name Is the silent homage of thoughts unspoken.
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowI think the surest sign that there is intelligent life out there in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.