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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.

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Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt

Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt

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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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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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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To have doubted one's own first principles, is the mark of a civilized man.

To have doubted one's own first principles, is the mark of a civilized man.

by Oliver Wendell Holmes Found in: Doubt Quotes,
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When in doubt, don't.

When in doubt, don't.

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Doubt is uncomfortable, certainty is ridiculous.

Doubt is uncomfortable, certainty is ridiculous.

by Voltaire Found in: Doubt Quotes,
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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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Uncertain ways unsafest are,
And doubt a greater mischief than despair.

Uncertain ways unsafest are,
And doubt a greater mischief than despair.

by Sir John Denham Found in: Doubt Quotes,
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