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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.
For most men (till by losing rendered sager)
Will back their own opinion is by a wager.
For most men (till by losing rendered sager)
Will back their own opinion is by a wager.
Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.
Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.
If you want people to think well of you, do not speak well of yourself.
If you want people to think well of you, do not speak well of yourself.
Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong.
Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong.
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.
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.]
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.