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    You prove but too clearly that seeking to know
    Is too frequently learning to doubt.
    [Fr., Vous ne prouvez que trop que chercher a connaitre
    N'est souvent qu' apprendre a douter.]

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Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt.

Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt.

by H. L. Mencken Found in: Doubt Quotes,
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Doubt indulged soon becomes doubt realized.
- Frances R. Havergal,

Doubt indulged soon becomes doubt realized.
- Frances R. Havergal,

by Frances R. Havergal Found in: Doubt Quotes,
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But the gods are dead--
Ay, Zeus is dead, and all the gods but Doubt,
And doubt read more

But the gods are dead--
Ay, Zeus is dead, and all the gods but Doubt,
And doubt is brother devil to Despair!

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Fain would I but dare not; I dare, and yet I may not;
I may, although I care not read more

Fain would I but dare not; I dare, and yet I may not;
I may, although I care not for pleasure when I play not.

by Sir Walter Raleigh Found in: Doubt Quotes,
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The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people read more

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.

by Bertrand Russell Found in: Doubt Quotes,
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He would not, with a peremptory tone,
Assert the nose upon his face his own.

He would not, with a peremptory tone,
Assert the nose upon his face his own.

by William Cowper Found in: Doubt Quotes,
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I kept on digging the hole deeper and deeper looking for the
treasure chest until I finally lifted my read more

I kept on digging the hole deeper and deeper looking for the
treasure chest until I finally lifted my head, looked up and
realized that I had dug my own grave.

by Sir John Denham Found in: Doubt Quotes,
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Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not believe.

Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not believe.

by Henry David Thoreau Found in: Doubt Quotes,
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Doubt yourself and you doubt everything you see. Judge yourself
and you see judges everywhere. But if you listen read more

Doubt yourself and you doubt everything you see. Judge yourself
and you see judges everywhere. But if you listen to the sound of
your own voice, you can rise above doubt and judgment. And you
can see forever.

by Edmund Hoyle Found in: Doubt Quotes,
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