The deep slumber of a decided opinion.

The deep slumber of a decided opinion.

Do not chose to be wrong for the sake of being different.

Do not chose to be wrong for the sake of being different.

One should respect public opinion in so far as it is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, read more

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.

His deeds inimitable, like the Sea
That shuts still as it opes, and leaves no tracts
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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.

Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.

Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.

Opinions cannot survive if one has no chance to fight for them.

Opinions cannot survive if one has no chance to fight for them.

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.]

Intolerant only of intolerance.

Intolerant only of intolerance.

All empty sould tend toward extreme opinions.

All empty sould tend toward extreme opinions.