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But the gods are dead--
Ay, Zeus is dead, and all the gods but Doubt,
And doubt read more
But the gods are dead--
Ay, Zeus is dead, and all the gods but Doubt,
And doubt is brother devil to Despair!
I do not like 'but yet, it does allay
The good precedence: fie upon 'but yet,'
'But read more
I do not like 'but yet, it does allay
The good precedence: fie upon 'but yet,'
'But yet' is as a jailer to bring forth
Some monstrous malefactor.
Who never doubted, never half believed.
Where doubt there truth is--'tis her shadow.
Who never doubted, never half believed.
Where doubt there truth is--'tis her shadow.
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.
Doubt is uncomfortable, certainty is ridiculous.
Doubt is uncomfortable, certainty is ridiculous.
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.]
Any belief worth having must survive doubt
Any belief worth having must survive doubt