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And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye
between two opinions? if the Lord read more
And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye
between two opinions? if the Lord be God, follow him: but if
Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.
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.
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.
There never was in the world two opinions alike, no more that two
hairs, or two grains; the most read more
There never was in the world two opinions alike, no more that two
hairs, or two grains; the most universal quality is diversity.
- Michael Eyquen de Montaigne,
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.
Opinions cannot survive if one has no chance to fight for them.
Opinions cannot survive if one has no chance to fight for them.
Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.
Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.
If you want people to think well of you, do not speak well of yourself.
If you want people to think well of you, do not speak well of yourself.
There are as many opinions as there are experts.
There are as many opinions as there are experts.