But the gods are dead--
Ay, Zeus is dead, and all the gods but Doubt,
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But the gods are dead--
Ay, Zeus is dead, and all the gods but Doubt,
And doubt is brother devil to Despair!

The road to perseverance lies by doubt.

The road to perseverance lies by doubt.

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.

Make me to see't; or at the least so prove it
That the probation bear no hinge nor loop
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Make me to see't; or at the least so prove it
That the probation bear no hinge nor loop
To hang a doubt on--or woe upon thy life!

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.

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.

Fain would I but dare not; I dare, and yet I may not;
I may, although I care not read more

Fain would I but dare not; I dare, and yet I may not;
I may, although I care not for pleasure when I play not.

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.

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.