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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.
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.]
It is not often that an opinion is worth expressing, which cannot
take care of itself.
It is not often that an opinion is worth expressing, which cannot
take care of itself.
He that never changes his opinions, never corrects his mistakes, and will never be wiser on the morrow than he read more
He that never changes his opinions, never corrects his mistakes, and will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today.
Intolerant only of intolerance.
Intolerant only of intolerance.
One should respect public opinion in so far as it is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, read more
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.
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.]
You've no idea what a poor opinion I have of myself--and how little I deserve it.
You've no idea what a poor opinion I have of myself--and how little I deserve it.
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.]
