Our doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might win,
By fearing to read more

Our doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might win,
By fearing to attempt.

But now I am cabined, cribbed, confined, bound in
To saucy doubts and fears.

But now I am cabined, cribbed, confined, bound in
To saucy doubts and fears.

Doubt is the beginning not the end of wisdom

Doubt is the beginning not the end of wisdom

Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.

Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.

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.

Fanaticism is . . . overcompensation for doubt.

Fanaticism is . . . overcompensation for doubt.

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.

I respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education.

I respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education.

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.