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 But now I am cabined, cribbed, confined, bound in
 To saucy doubts and fears.  
 But now I am cabined, cribbed, confined, bound in
 To saucy doubts and fears. 
A weak man has doubts before a decision; a strong man has them afterwards.
A weak man has doubts before a decision; a strong man has them afterwards.
 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. 
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.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
 But the gods are dead--
 Ay, Zeus is dead, and all the gods but Doubt,
  And doubt read more 
 But the gods are dead--
 Ay, Zeus is dead, and all the gods but Doubt,
  And doubt is brother devil to Despair! 
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
If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his read more
If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his self-approved wisdom.