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I'd rather see folks doubt what's true than accept what isn't.
I'd rather see folks doubt what's true than accept what isn't.
To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.
To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.
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!
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.
The believer is happy; the doubter is wise.
The believer is happy; the doubter is wise.
Who never doubted, never half believed.
Where doubt there truth is--'tis her shadow.
Who never doubted, never half believed.
Where doubt there truth is--'tis her shadow.
Doubt is uncomfortable, certainty is ridiculous.
Doubt is uncomfortable, certainty is ridiculous.
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
Uncertain ways unsafest are,
And doubt a greater mischief than despair.
Uncertain ways unsafest are,
And doubt a greater mischief than despair.
