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

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

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.

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.

We should never let ourselves be burnt for our opinions; we are not that sure of them. But perhaps for read more

We should never let ourselves be burnt for our opinions; we are not that sure of them. But perhaps for this -- that we may have and change our opinions.

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.

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

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

As the saying is, So many heades, so many wittes.

As the saying is, So many heades, so many wittes.

Force and not opinion is the queen of the world; but it is
opinion that uses the force.
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Force and not opinion is the queen of the world; but it is
opinion that uses the force.
[Fr., La force est la reine du monde, et non pas l'opinion; mais
l'opinion est celle qui use de la force.]

Every man has a right to his opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts.

Every man has a right to his opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts.