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You've no idea what a poor opinion I have of myself--and how little I deserve it.
You've no idea what a poor opinion I have of myself--and how little I deserve it.
Don't judge a man by his opinions, but by what his opinions have made him.
Don't judge a man by his opinions, but by what his opinions have made him.
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.
Sure 'tis an orthodox opinion,
That grace is founded in dominion.
Sure 'tis an orthodox opinion,
That grace is founded in dominion.
His deeds inimitable, like the Sea
That shuts still as it opes, and leaves no tracts
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His deeds inimitable, like the Sea
That shuts still as it opes, and leaves no tracts
Nor prints of Precedent for poore men's facts.
We hardly find any persons of good sense save those who agree
with us.
We hardly find any persons of good sense save those who agree
with us.
One-fifth of the people are against everything all the time.
One-fifth of the people are against everything all the time.
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.
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.
