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One should respect public opinion in so far as it is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, read more
One should respect public opinion in so far as it is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.
All men do not, in fine, admire or love the same thing.
All men do not, in fine, admire or love the same thing.
Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love truth.
Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love truth.
Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.
Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.
People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
For most men (till by losing rendered sager)
Will back their own opinion is by a wager.
For most men (till by losing rendered sager)
Will back their own opinion is by a wager.
Facts are stubborn things.
Facts are stubborn things.
If you want people to think well of you, do not speak well of yourself.
If you want people to think well of you, do not speak well of yourself.
The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.
The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.
