Facts are stubborn things.

Facts are stubborn things.

The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.

The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.

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.

The deep slumber of a decided opinion.

The deep slumber of a decided opinion.

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.]

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.

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.]

All empty sould tend toward extreme opinions.

All empty sould tend toward extreme opinions.

Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong.

Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong.