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Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong.
Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong.
Every man has a right to his opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts.
Every man has a right to his opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts.
Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.
Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.
Public opinion is a weak tyrant, compared with our private opinion--what a man thinks of himself, that is which determines, read more
Public opinion is a weak tyrant, compared with our private opinion--what a man thinks of himself, that is which determines, or rather indicates his fate.
It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude after our own; read more
It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.
Even opinion is of force enough to make itself to be espoused at
the expense of life.
Even opinion is of force enough to make itself to be espoused at
the expense of life.
With effervescing opinions, the quickest way to let them get flat is to let them get exposed to the air.
With effervescing opinions, the quickest way to let them get flat is to let them get exposed to the air.
But in every matter the consensus of opinion among all nations is
to be regarded as the law of read more
But in every matter the consensus of opinion among all nations is
to be regarded as the law of nature.
[Lat., Omni autem in re consensio omnium gentium lex naturae
putanda est.]
When I want your opinion I'll give it to you.
When I want your opinion I'll give it to you.
