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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.
With books and money placed, for show
Like nest eggs, to make clients lay,
And for his read more
With books and money placed, for show
Like nest eggs, to make clients lay,
And for his false opinion pay.
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.
Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.
Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.
The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.
The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.
There never was in the world two opinions alike, no more that two
hairs, or two grains; the most read more
There never was in the world two opinions alike, no more that two
hairs, or two grains; the most universal quality is diversity.
- Michael Eyquen de Montaigne,
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.]
Opinions cannot survive if one has no chance to fight for them.
Opinions cannot survive if one has no chance to fight for them.
He that never changes his opinions, never corrects his mistakes, and will never be wiser on the morrow than he read more
He that never changes his opinions, never corrects his mistakes, and will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today.