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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.
The believer is happy; the doubter is wise.
The believer is happy; the doubter is wise.
He would not, with a peremptory tone,
Assert the nose upon his face his own.
He would not, with a peremptory tone,
Assert the nose upon his face his own.
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.
Fanaticism is . . . overcompensation for doubt.
Fanaticism is . . . overcompensation for doubt.
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.
The pragmatist knows that doubt is an art which has to be acquired with difficulty.
The pragmatist knows that doubt is an art which has to be acquired with difficulty.
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.