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He adopts the opinion of others like a monk in the Sorbonne.
[Fr., Il opine du bonnet comme un read more
He adopts the opinion of others like a monk in the Sorbonne.
[Fr., Il opine du bonnet comme un moine en Sorbonne.]
Opinions cannot survive if one has no chance to fight for them.
Opinions cannot survive if one has no chance to fight for them.
Facts are stubborn things.
Facts are stubborn things.
Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.
Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.
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.
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.
As the saying is, So many heades, so many wittes.
As the saying is, So many heades, so many wittes.
Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong.
Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong.
It is not often that an opinion is worth expressing, which cannot
take care of itself.
It is not often that an opinion is worth expressing, which cannot
take care of itself.
