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Sure 'tis an orthodox opinion,
That grace is founded in dominion.
Sure 'tis an orthodox opinion,
That grace is founded in dominion.
The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.
The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.
Monuments of the safety with which errors of opinion may be
tolerated where reason is left free to combat read more
Monuments of the safety with which errors of opinion may be
tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.
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.
In this and like communities, public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed.
In this and like communities, public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed.
As the saying is, So many heades, so many wittes.
As the saying is, So many heades, so many wittes.
When I want your opinion I'll give it to you.
When I want your opinion I'll give it to you.
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.]
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.
