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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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Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt.

Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt.

by H. L. Mencken Found in: Doubt Quotes,
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The believer is happy; the doubter is wise.

The believer is happy; the doubter is wise.

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By banishing doubt and thinking in no-limit ways, you clear a space for the power of intention to flow through. read more

By banishing doubt and thinking in no-limit ways, you clear a space for the power of intention to flow through. The power of intention is so deficient of doubt that when you're connected to it you see what you'd like to have as already being present.

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The wound of peace is surety,
Surety secure; but modest doubt is called
The beacon of the read more

The wound of peace is surety,
Surety secure; but modest doubt is called
The beacon of the wise, the tent that searches
To th' bottom of the worst.

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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

by William Shakespeare Found in: Doubt Quotes,
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Doubt is the father of invention.

Doubt is the father of invention.

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He who dallies is a dastard,
He who doubts is damned.

He who dallies is a dastard,
He who doubts is damned.

by Edmund Hoyle 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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