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Doubt is the beginning not the end of wisdom
Doubt is the beginning not the end of wisdom
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
To be, or not to be--that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
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To be, or not to be--that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles
And by opposing end them. To die, to sleep--
No more--and by a sleep to say we end
The heartache, and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to.
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.
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.
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.
You prove but too clearly that seeking to know
Is too frequently learning to doubt.
[Fr., Vous read more
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.]
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.