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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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Doubt is uncomfortable, certainty is ridiculous.

Doubt is uncomfortable, certainty is ridiculous.

by Voltaire Found in: Doubt Quotes,
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When you doubt, abstain.

When you doubt, abstain.

by Zoroaster 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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Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.

Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.

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No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has doubts about it himself.

No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has doubts about it himself.

by Henry Brooks Adams Found in: Doubt Quotes,
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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.]

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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In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have read more

In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.

by Bertrand Russell 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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