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For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change read more
For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions, even on important subjects, which I once thought right but found to be otherwise.
I never drink water because of the disgusting things that fish do in it.
I never drink water because of the disgusting things that fish do in it.
Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who holds a low opinion of himself
Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who holds a low opinion of himself
The feeble tremble before opinion, the foolish defy it, the wise judge it, and the skillful direct it.
The feeble tremble before opinion, the foolish defy it, the wise judge it, and the skillful direct it.
Make sure you have a different opinion and people will talk about you
Make sure you have a different opinion and people will talk about you
The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.
The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.
The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed, read more
The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed, in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a wide-spread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible
Truth is one forever absolute, but opinion is truth filtered through the moods, the blood, the disposition of the spectator.
Truth is one forever absolute, but opinion is truth filtered through the moods, the blood, the disposition of the spectator.
In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.
In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.
