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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.
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.
One-fifth of the people are against everything all the time.
One-fifth of the people are against everything all the time.
His deeds inimitable, like the Sea
That shuts still as it opes, and leaves no tracts
Nor read more
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.
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.]
Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.
Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.
As the saying is, So many heades, so many wittes.
As the saying is, So many heades, so many wittes.
All empty sould tend toward extreme opinions.
All empty sould tend toward extreme opinions.
