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Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.
Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.
Doubt is the father of invention.
Doubt is the father of invention.
 Doubting charms me not less than knowledge.
 [It., Non menno che saper, dubbiar m'aggrata.]  
 Doubting charms me not less than knowledge.
 [It., Non menno che saper, dubbiar m'aggrata.] 
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.
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.
 He who dallies is a dastard,
 He who doubts is damned.  
 He who dallies is a dastard,
 He who doubts is damned. 
I respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education.
I respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education.
There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships read more
There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills.
 To be, or not to be--that is the question:
 Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
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 To be, or not to be--that is the question:
 Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
  The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune
   Or to take arms against a sea of troubles
    And by opposing end them. To die, to sleep--
     No more--and by a sleep to say we end
      The heartache, and the thousand natural shocks
       That flesh is heir to.