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The world is not run by thought, nor by imagination, but by opinion.
The world is not run by thought, nor by imagination, but by opinion.
All empty sould tend toward extreme opinions.
All empty sould tend toward extreme opinions.
Do not chose to be wrong for the sake of being different.
Do not chose to be wrong for the sake of being different.
Opinions cannot survive if one has no chance to fight for them.
Opinions cannot survive if one has no chance to fight for them.
It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude after our own; read more
It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.
Force and not opinion is the queen of the world; but it is
opinion that uses the force.
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Force and not opinion is the queen of the world; but it is
opinion that uses the force.
[Fr., La force est la reine du monde, et non pas l'opinion; mais
l'opinion est celle qui use de la force.]
Opinion is the queen of the world.
[Lat., Della opinione regina del mondo.]
Opinion is the queen of the world.
[Lat., Della opinione regina del mondo.]
One-fifth of the people are against everything all the time.
One-fifth of the people are against everything all the time.
Intolerant only of intolerance.
Intolerant only of intolerance.
