Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love truth.

Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love truth.

But in every matter the consensus of opinion among all nations is
to be regarded as the law of read more

But in every matter the consensus of opinion among all nations is
to be regarded as the law of nature.
[Lat., Omni autem in re consensio omnium gentium lex naturae
putanda est.]

Intolerant only of intolerance.

Intolerant only of intolerance.

Public opinion is a weak tyrant, compared with our private opinion--what a man thinks of himself, that is which determines, read more

Public opinion is a weak tyrant, compared with our private opinion--what a man thinks of himself, that is which determines, or rather indicates his fate.

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.

There are as many opinions as there are experts.

There are as many opinions as there are experts.

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.

As the saying is, So many heades, so many wittes.

As the saying is, So many heades, so many wittes.

All empty sould tend toward extreme opinions.

All empty sould tend toward extreme opinions.