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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.
All men do not, in fine, admire or love the same thing.
All men do not, in fine, admire or love the same thing.
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.
The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.
The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.
Opinion is the queen of the world.
[Lat., Della opinione regina del mondo.]
Opinion is the queen of the world.
[Lat., Della opinione regina del mondo.]
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.
Do not chose to be wrong for the sake of being different.
Do not chose to be wrong for the sake of being different.
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.
It is the difference of opinion that makes horse races.
It is the difference of opinion that makes horse races.
