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    Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt.

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Who never doubted, never half believed. Where doubt is, there truth is -- it is her shadow.

Who never doubted, never half believed. Where doubt is, there truth is -- it is her shadow.

by Philip James Bailey Found in: Doubt Quotes,
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When in doubt, win the trick.

When in doubt, win the trick.

by Edmund Hoyle Found in: Doubt Quotes,
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To be once in doubt
Is once to be resolved.

To be once in doubt
Is once to be resolved.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Doubt Quotes,
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The fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself.

The fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself.

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You prove but too clearly that seeking to know
Is too frequently learning to doubt.
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You prove but too clearly that seeking to know
Is too frequently learning to doubt.
[Fr., Vous ne prouvez que trop que chercher a connaitre
N'est souvent qu' apprendre a douter.]

by Sir John Denham Found in: Doubt Quotes,
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The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people read more

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people s ofull of doubts.

by Bertrand Russell Found in: Doubt Quotes,
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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.

by Oliver Wendell Holmes Found in: Doubt Quotes,
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Make me to see't; or at the least so prove it
That the probation bear no hinge nor loop
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Make me to see't; or at the least so prove it
That the probation bear no hinge nor loop
To hang a doubt on--or woe upon thy life!

by William Shakespeare Found in: Doubt Quotes,
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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.

by Charles Sanders Peirce Found in: Doubt Quotes,
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