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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.
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.
The road to perseverance lies by doubt.
The road to perseverance lies by doubt.
Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.
Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.
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.
I follow my law and fulfil it all duly--and look! when your
doubt runneth high--
North points to read more
I follow my law and fulfil it all duly--and look! when your
doubt runneth high--
North points to the needle!
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.