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    One should respect public opinion in so far as it is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.

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It is not often that an opinion is worth expressing, which cannot
take care of itself.

It is not often that an opinion is worth expressing, which cannot
take care of itself.

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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.]

by Blaise Pascal Found in: Opinion Quotes,
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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.

by Oliver Wendell Holmes Found in: Opinion Quotes,
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One-fifth of the people are against everything all the time.

One-fifth of the people are against everything all the time.

by Robert F. Kennedy Found in: Opinion Quotes,
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Don't judge a man by his opinions, but by what his opinions have made him.

Don't judge a man by his opinions, but by what his opinions have made him.

by G. C. Lichtenberg Found in: Opinion Quotes,
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All men do not, in fine, admire or love the same thing.

All men do not, in fine, admire or love the same thing.

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He adopts the opinion of others like a monk in the Sorbonne.
[Fr., Il opine du bonnet comme un read more

He adopts the opinion of others like a monk in the Sorbonne.
[Fr., Il opine du bonnet comme un moine en Sorbonne.]

by Blaise Pascal Found in: Opinion Quotes,
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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.

by Abraham Lincoln Found in: Opinion Quotes,
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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.

by Samuel Butler Found in: Opinion Quotes,
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