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    He adopts the opinion of others like a monk in the Sorbonne.
    [Fr., Il opine du bonnet comme un moine en Sorbonne.]

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

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

by Lord Samuel Found in: Opinion Quotes,
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For most men (till by losing rendered sager)
Will back their own opinion is by a wager.

For most men (till by losing rendered sager)
Will back their own opinion is by a wager.

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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.

by Henry David Thoreau Found in: Opinion Quotes,
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I had grown tired of standing in the lean and lonely front line facing the greatest enemy that ever confronted read more

I had grown tired of standing in the lean and lonely front line facing the greatest enemy that ever confronted man--public opinion.

by Clarence Darrow Found in: Opinion Quotes,
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Monuments of the safety with which errors of opinion may be
tolerated where reason is left free to combat read more

Monuments of the safety with which errors of opinion may be
tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.

by Thomas Jefferson Found in: Opinion Quotes,
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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.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Opinion Quotes,
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He that never changes his opinions, never corrects his mistakes, and will never be wiser on the morrow than he read more

He that never changes his opinions, never corrects his mistakes, and will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today.

by Tryon Edwards Found in: Opinion Quotes,
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When I want your opinion I'll give it to you.

When I want your opinion I'll give it to you.

by Laurence J. Peter Found in: Opinion Quotes,
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Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong.

Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong.

by John Dryden Found in: Opinion Quotes,
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