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When in doubt, don't.
When in doubt, don't.
Doubt is uncomfortable, certainty is ridiculous.
Doubt is uncomfortable, certainty is ridiculous.
No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has doubts about it himself.
No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has doubts about it himself.
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.
Who never doubted, never half believed.
Where doubt there truth is--'tis her shadow.
Who never doubted, never half believed.
Where doubt there truth is--'tis her shadow.
The believer is happy; the doubter is wise.
The believer is happy; the doubter is wise.
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.
Fanaticism is . . . overcompensation for doubt.
Fanaticism is . . . overcompensation for doubt.
