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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.
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!
Fanaticism is . . . overcompensation for doubt.
Fanaticism is . . . overcompensation for doubt.
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.
To be once in doubt
Is once to be resolved.
To be once in doubt
Is once to be resolved.
Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom.
Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom.
Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.
Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.
He who knows nothing, doubts nothing.
He who knows nothing, doubts nothing.
You prove but too clearly that seeking to know
Is too frequently learning to doubt.
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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.]