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Doubt is the father of invention.
Doubt is the father of invention.
I follow my law and fulfil it all duly--and look! when your
doubt runneth high--
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I follow my law and fulfil it all duly--and look! when your
doubt runneth high--
North points to the needle!
I don't go looking for trouble. Trouble usually finds me.
I don't go looking for trouble. Trouble usually finds me.
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.
Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.
Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.
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.
A man who makes trouble for others is also making trouble for himself.
A man who makes trouble for others is also making trouble for himself.
Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt.
Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt.
He who dallies is a dastard,
He who doubts is damned.
He who dallies is a dastard,
He who doubts is damned.