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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.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his read more
If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his self-approved wisdom.
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.
Any belief worth having must survive doubt
Any belief worth having must survive doubt
The believer is happy; the doubter is wise.
The believer is happy; the doubter is wise.
Doubt is the beginning not the end of wisdom
Doubt is the beginning not the end of wisdom
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.
The pragmatist knows that doubt is an art which has to be acquired with difficulty.
The pragmatist knows that doubt is an art which has to be acquired with difficulty.
