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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.
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.
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.
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.
Love and doubt have never been on speaking terms.
Love and doubt have never been on speaking terms.
But now I am cabined, cribbed, confined, bound in
To saucy doubts and fears.
But now I am cabined, cribbed, confined, bound in
To saucy doubts and fears.
Fanaticism is . . . overcompensation for doubt.
Fanaticism is . . . overcompensation for doubt.
The doubtful beam long nods from side to side.
The doubtful beam long nods from side to side.
Laugh at yourself, but don't ever aim your doubt at yourself. Be bold. When you embark for strange places, don't read more
Laugh at yourself, but don't ever aim your doubt at yourself. Be bold. When you embark for strange places, don't leave any of yourself safely on shore. Have the nerve to go into unexplored territory.
