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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.
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.]
Opinions cannot survive if one has no chance to fight for them.
Opinions cannot survive if one has no chance to fight for them.
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.
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.
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.
Intolerant only of intolerance.
Intolerant only of intolerance.
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.
