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As the saying is, So many heades, so many wittes.
As the saying is, So many heades, so many wittes.
Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong.
Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong.
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.]
Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.
Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.
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.
The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.
The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.
When I want your opinion I'll give it to you.
When I want your opinion I'll give it to you.
Intolerant only of intolerance.
Intolerant only of intolerance.
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.
