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 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! 
 And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not 
of faith: for whatsoever is not read more 
 And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not 
of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin. 
Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.
Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.
The fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself.
The fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself.
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.
 Uncertain ways unsafest are,
 And doubt a greater mischief than despair.  
 Uncertain ways unsafest are,
 And doubt a greater mischief than despair. 
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.
 Make me to see't; or at the least so prove it
 That the probation bear no hinge nor loop
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 Make me to see't; or at the least so prove it
 That the probation bear no hinge nor loop
  To hang a doubt on--or woe upon thy life! 
He who knows nothing, doubts nothing.
He who knows nothing, doubts nothing.