Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.

Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.

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.

When in doubt, win the trick.

When in doubt, win the trick.

To believe with certainty we must begin with doubting.

To believe with certainty we must begin with doubting.

I do not like 'but yet, it does allay
The good precedence: fie upon 'but yet,'
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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.

Doubt indulged soon becomes doubt realized.
- Frances R. Havergal,

Doubt indulged soon becomes doubt realized.
- Frances R. Havergal,

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.

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 believer is happy; the doubter is wise.

The believer is happy; the doubter is wise.