There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships read more

There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills.

There lives more faith in honest doubt,
Believe me, than in half the creeds.

There lives more faith in honest doubt,
Believe me, than in half the creeds.

The doubtful beam long nods from side to side.

The doubtful beam long nods from side to side.

Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.

Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.

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.

He would not, with a peremptory tone,
Assert the nose upon his face his own.

He would not, with a peremptory tone,
Assert the nose upon his face his own.

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!

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.

Doubt is uncomfortable, certainty is ridiculous.

Doubt is uncomfortable, certainty is ridiculous.