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    Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first comer: there is nobility in preserving it coolly and proudly through long youth, until at last, in the ripeness of instinct and discretion, it ca

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For the skeptic there remains only one consolation: if there should be such a thing as superhuman law it is read more

For the skeptic there remains only one consolation: if there should be such a thing as superhuman law it is administered with subhuman inefficiency.

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Great intellects are skeptical.

Great intellects are skeptical.

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Skeptics are never deceived.

Skeptics are never deceived.

by French Proverb Found in: Skepticism Quotes,
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In the end we shall have had enough of cynicism and skepticism and humbug and we shall want to live read more

In the end we shall have had enough of cynicism and skepticism and humbug and we shall want to live more musically

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Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.

Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.

by Napoleon Bonaparte Found in: Skepticism Quotes,
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Skepticism is slow suicide.

Skepticism is slow suicide.

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The skeptic does not mean him who doubts, but him who investigates or researches, as opposed to him who asserts read more

The skeptic does not mean him who doubts, but him who investigates or researches, as opposed to him who asserts and thinks that he has found

by Miguel De Unamuno Found in: Skepticism Quotes,
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It's not so much what you have to learn if you accept weird theories, it's what you have to UNlearn.

It's not so much what you have to learn if you accept weird theories, it's what you have to UNlearn.

by Isaac Asimov Found in: Skepticism Quotes,
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Modern cynics and skeptics... see no harm in paying those to whom they entrust the minds of their children a read more

Modern cynics and skeptics... see no harm in paying those to whom they entrust the minds of their children a smaller wage than is paid to those to whom they entrust the care of their plumbing.

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