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    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.]

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Doubt yourself and you doubt everything you see. Judge yourself
and you see judges everywhere. But if you listen read more

Doubt yourself and you doubt everything you see. Judge yourself
and you see judges everywhere. But if you listen to the sound of
your own voice, you can rise above doubt and judgment. And you
can see forever.

by Edmund Hoyle Found in: Doubt Quotes,
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Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt.

Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt.

by H. L. Mencken Found in: Doubt Quotes,
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When you doubt, abstain.

When you doubt, abstain.

by Zoroaster Found in: Doubt Quotes,
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Doubting charms me not less than knowledge.
[It., Non menno che saper, dubbiar m'aggrata.]

Doubting charms me not less than knowledge.
[It., Non menno che saper, dubbiar m'aggrata.]

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When unhappy, one doubts everything; when happy, one doubts
nothing.

When unhappy, one doubts everything; when happy, one doubts
nothing.

by Joseph Roux Found in: Doubt Quotes,
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Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters.

Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters.

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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.

by Sir Walter Raleigh Found in: Doubt Quotes,
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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.

by Oliver Wendell Holmes Found in: Doubt Quotes,
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Make me to see't; or at the least so prove it
That the probation bear no hinge nor loop
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Make me to see't; or at the least so prove it
That the probation bear no hinge nor loop
To hang a doubt on--or woe upon thy life!

by William Shakespeare Found in: Doubt Quotes,
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