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.]

It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude after our own; read more

It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.

Dogmation is puppyism come to its full growth.

Dogmation is puppyism come to its full growth.

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.

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

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

Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.

Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.

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.