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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.
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.
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.]
His deeds inimitable, like the Sea
That shuts still as it opes, and leaves no tracts
Nor read more
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.
The deep slumber of a decided opinion.
The deep slumber of a decided opinion.
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.
Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong.
Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong.
Intolerant only of intolerance.
Intolerant only of intolerance.
Facts are stubborn things.
Facts are stubborn things.
