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    Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first comer: there is nobility in preserving it coolly and proudly through long youth, until at last, in the ripeness of instinct and discretion, it ca

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The believer is happy; the doubter is wise.

The believer is happy; the doubter is wise.

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Modern cynics and skeptics... see no harm in paying those to whom they entrust the minds of their children a read more

Modern cynics and skeptics... see no harm in paying those to whom they entrust the minds of their children a smaller wage than is paid to those to whom they entrust the care of their plumbing.

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An open mind, like an open window, should be screened to keep the bugs out.

An open mind, like an open window, should be screened to keep the bugs out.

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Skepticism, riddling the faith of yesterday, prepared the way for the faith of tomorrow.

Skepticism, riddling the faith of yesterday, prepared the way for the faith of tomorrow.

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To believe in luck - is skepticism

To believe in luck - is skepticism

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It's not so much what you have to learn if you accept weird theories, it's what you have to UNlearn.

It's not so much what you have to learn if you accept weird theories, it's what you have to UNlearn.

by Isaac Asimov Found in: Skepticism Quotes,
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In the end we shall have had enough of cynicism and skepticism and humbug and we shall want to live read more

In the end we shall have had enough of cynicism and skepticism and humbug and we shall want to live more musically

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The skeptic does not mean him who doubts, but him who investigates or researches, as opposed to him who asserts read more

The skeptic does not mean him who doubts, but him who investigates or researches, as opposed to him who asserts and thinks that he has found

by Miguel De Unamuno Found in: Skepticism Quotes,
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For the skeptic there remains only one consolation: if there should be such a thing as superhuman law it is read more

For the skeptic there remains only one consolation: if there should be such a thing as superhuman law it is administered with subhuman inefficiency.

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