I had grown tired of standing in the lean and lonely front line facing the greatest enemy that ever confronted read more

I had grown tired of standing in the lean and lonely front line facing the greatest enemy that ever confronted man--public opinion.

There are as many opinions as there are experts.

There are as many opinions as there are experts.

Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love truth.

Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love truth.

We hardly find any persons of good sense save those who agree
with us.

We hardly find any persons of good sense save those who agree
with us.

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.

Dogmation is puppyism come to its full growth.

Dogmation is puppyism come to its full growth.

His deeds inimitable, like the Sea
That shuts still as it opes, and leaves no tracts
Nor read more

His deeds inimitable, like the Sea
That shuts still as it opes, and leaves no tracts
Nor prints of Precedent for poore men's facts.

Even opinion is of force enough to make itself to be espoused at
the expense of life.

Even opinion is of force enough to make itself to be espoused at
the expense of life.

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,