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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.

Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong.

Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong.

Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love truth.

Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love truth.

We hardly find any persons of good sense save those who agree
with us.

We hardly find any persons of good sense save those who agree
with us.

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.

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.

The world is not run by thought, nor by imagination, but by opinion.

The world is not run by thought, nor by imagination, but by opinion.

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.

The deep slumber of a decided opinion.

The deep slumber of a decided opinion.