Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.

Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.

Skeptics are never deceived.

Skeptics are never deceived.

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.

Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not believe.

Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not believe.

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.

You prove but too clearly that seeking to know
Is too frequently learning to doubt.
[Fr., Vous read more

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.]

Who never doubted, never half believed. Where doubt is, there truth is -- it is her shadow.

Who never doubted, never half believed. Where doubt is, there truth is -- it is her shadow.

Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.

Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.

For the skeptic there remains only one consolation: if there should be such a thing as superhuman law it is read more

For the skeptic there remains only one consolation: if there should be such a thing as superhuman law it is administered with subhuman inefficiency.