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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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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.

by Charles Sanders Peirce Found in: Doubt Quotes,
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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.

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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.

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He who knows nothing, doubts nothing.

He who knows nothing, doubts nothing.

by Brazilian Proverb Found in: Doubt Quotes,
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I do not like 'but yet, it does allay
The good precedence: fie upon 'but yet,'
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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.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Doubt Quotes,
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Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.

Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Doubt Quotes,
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The believer is happy; the doubter is wise.

The believer is happy; the doubter is wise.

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Doubt is the beginning not the end of wisdom

Doubt is the beginning not the end of wisdom

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He who dallies is a dastard,
He who doubts is damned.

He who dallies is a dastard,
He who doubts is damned.

by Edmund Hoyle Found in: Doubt Quotes,
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