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    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.

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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!

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Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.

Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.

by William Shakespeare 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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The doubtful beam long nods from side to side.

The doubtful beam long nods from side to side.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Doubt Quotes,
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I respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education.

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

by Wilson Mizner Found in: Doubt Quotes,
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Uncertain ways unsafest are,
And doubt a greater mischief than despair.

Uncertain ways unsafest are,
And doubt a greater mischief than despair.

by Sir John Denham Found in: Doubt Quotes,
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I follow my law and fulfil it all duly--and look! when your
doubt runneth high--
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I follow my law and fulfil it all duly--and look! when your
doubt runneth high--
North points to the needle!

by Edith Matilda Thomas Found in: Doubt Quotes,
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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 indulged soon becomes doubt realized.
- Frances R. Havergal,

Doubt indulged soon becomes doubt realized.
- Frances R. Havergal,

by Frances R. Havergal Found in: Doubt Quotes,
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