One should respect public opinion in so far as it is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, read more

One should respect public opinion in so far as it is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.

There are as many opinions as there are experts.

There are as many opinions as there are experts.

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.

With effervescing opinions, the quickest way to let them get flat is to let them get exposed to the air.

With effervescing opinions, the quickest way to let them get flat is to let them get exposed to the air.

Intolerant only of intolerance.

Intolerant only of intolerance.

Do not chose to be wrong for the sake of being different.

Do not chose to be wrong for the sake of being different.

Dogmation is puppyism come to its full growth.

Dogmation is puppyism come to its full growth.

One-fifth of the people are against everything all the time.

One-fifth of the people are against everything all the time.

Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.

Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.