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The pragmatist knows that doubt is an art which has to be acquired with difficulty.
The pragmatist knows that doubt is an art which has to be acquired with difficulty.
Our doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might win,
By fearing to read more
Our doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might win,
By fearing to attempt.
The wound of peace is surety,
Surety secure; but modest doubt is called
The beacon of the read more
The wound of peace is surety,
Surety secure; but modest doubt is called
The beacon of the wise, the tent that searches
To th' bottom of the worst.
He who knows nothing, doubts nothing.
He who knows nothing, doubts nothing.
I do not like 'but yet, it does allay
The good precedence: fie upon 'but yet,'
'But read more
I do not like 'but yet, it does allay
The good precedence: fie upon 'but yet,'
'But yet' is as a jailer to bring forth
Some monstrous malefactor.
Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.
Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.
The believer is happy; the doubter is wise.
The believer is happy; the doubter is wise.
Doubt is the beginning not the end of wisdom
Doubt is the beginning not the end of wisdom
He who dallies is a dastard,
He who doubts is damned.
He who dallies is a dastard,
He who doubts is damned.