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You prove but too clearly that seeking to know
Is too frequently learning to doubt.
[Fr., Vous read more
You prove but too clearly that seeking to know
Is too frequently learning to doubt.
[Fr., Vous ne prouvez que trop que chercher a connaitre
N'est souvent qu' apprendre a douter.]
I follow my law and fulfil it all duly--and look! when your
doubt runneth high--
North points to read more
I follow my law and fulfil it all duly--and look! when your
doubt runneth high--
North points to the needle!
A weak man has doubts before a decision; a strong man has them afterwards.
A weak man has doubts before a decision; a strong man has them afterwards.
Wisdom becomes nonsense in the mouth of a fanatic.
Wisdom becomes nonsense in the mouth of a fanatic.
Fain would I but dare not; I dare, and yet I may not;
I may, although I care not read more
Fain would I but dare not; I dare, and yet I may not;
I may, although I care not for pleasure when I play not.
To have doubted one's own first principles, is the mark of a civilized man.
To have doubted one's own first principles, is the mark of a civilized man.
Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.
Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.
Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.
Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.
Love and doubt have never been on speaking terms.
Love and doubt have never been on speaking terms.