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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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The wound of peace is surety,
Surety secure; but modest doubt is called
The beacon of the read more

The wound of peace is surety,
Surety secure; but modest doubt is called
The beacon of the wise, the tent that searches
To th' bottom of the worst.

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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.

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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.

by Philip James Bailey Found in: Doubt Quotes,
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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.

by Karl Kraus Found in: Decision Quotes, Doubt Quotes,
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I follow my law and fulfil it all duly--and look! when your
doubt runneth high--
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I follow my law and fulfil it all duly--and look! when your
doubt runneth high--
North points to the needle!

by Edith Matilda Thomas Found in: Doubt Quotes,
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But the gods are dead--
Ay, Zeus is dead, and all the gods but Doubt,
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But the gods are dead--
Ay, Zeus is dead, and all the gods but Doubt,
And doubt is brother devil to Despair!

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Doubt is the beginning not the end of wisdom

Doubt is the beginning not the end of wisdom

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The road to perseverance lies by doubt.

The road to perseverance lies by doubt.

by Francis Quarles Found in: Doubt Quotes,
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Fanaticism is . . . overcompensation for doubt.

Fanaticism is . . . overcompensation for doubt.

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