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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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The believer is happy; the doubter is wise.

The believer is happy; the doubter is wise.

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There lives more faith in honest doubt,
Believe me, than in half the creeds.

There lives more faith in honest doubt,
Believe me, than in half the creeds.

by Lord Alfred Tennyson 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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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 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 s ofull of doubts.

by Bertrand Russell Found in: Doubt Quotes,
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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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Doubting charms me not less than knowledge.
[It., Non menno che saper, dubbiar m'aggrata.]

Doubting charms me not less than knowledge.
[It., Non menno che saper, dubbiar m'aggrata.]

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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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Who never doubted, never half believed. Where doubt is, there truth is -- it is her shadow.

Who never doubted, never half believed. Where doubt is, there truth is -- it is her shadow.

by Philip James Bailey Found in: Doubt Quotes,
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