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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
To believe with certainty we must begin with doubting.
To believe with certainty we must begin with doubting.
The believer is happy; the doubter is wise.
The believer is happy; the doubter is wise.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
The road to perseverance lies by doubt.
The road to perseverance lies by doubt.
Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom.
Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom.
I respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education.
I respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education.
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.
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.