Sure 'tis an orthodox opinion,
That grace is founded in dominion.

Sure 'tis an orthodox opinion,
That grace is founded in dominion.

Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.

Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.

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.

The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.

The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.

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.

All men do not, in fine, admire or love the same thing.

All men do not, in fine, admire or love the same thing.

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.]

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.

Even opinion is of force enough to make itself to be espoused at
the expense of life.

Even opinion is of force enough to make itself to be espoused at
the expense of life.