"Do not so much be ashamed of that disgrace which proceeds from men's opinion as fly from that which comes from the truth."
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"When any opinion leads us into absurdities, 'tis certainly false; but 'tis not certain an opinion is false, because 'tis of dangerous consequence."
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"[Rousseau] has not had the precaution to throw any veil over his sentiments; and as he scorns to dissemble his contempt of established opinions, he could not wonder that all the zealots were in arms against him."
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"Of course, that's just my opinion. I could be wrong."
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"Arcesilaus had a peculiar habit while conversing of using the expression, "My opinion is," and "So and so will not agree to this."
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"If asked my opinion about virginity, I would say, "I'm opposed to it." I don't think it deserves to be celebrated, at any rate. Or at least, if I'm not opposed, I'm very highly skeptical and critical of it."
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"I always thought when I got older that God would sort of come into my life in some way. He didn't. I don't blame him. If I was him I'd have the same opinion about me that he does."
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"Everybody wants to make something they think is a surefire winner, though nobody knows what a surefire winner is, in my opinion."
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"The sentiments of an adult are compounded of a kernel of instinct surrounded by a vast husk of education."
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"There may be no good reasons for very many opinions that are held with passion."
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"Opinions which justify cruelty are inspired by cruel impulses."
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"It is clear that thought is not free if the profession of certain opinions makes it impossible to earn a living."
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"Some `advanced thinkers' are of the opinion that anyone who differs from the conventional opinion must be in the right. This is a delusion; if it were not, truth would be easier to come by than it is."
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"Do not use power to suppress opinions you think pernicious, for if you do the opinions will suppress you."
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"...for the truth is always older than all the opinions men have held regarding it; and one should be ignoring the nature of truth if we imagined that the truth began at the time it came to be known."
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"The world is ruled by force, not by opinion; but opinion uses force."
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"An unflinching determination to take the whole evidence into account is the only method of preservation against the fluctuating extremes of fashionable opinion."
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"Nothing is good for everyone, but only relatively to some people."
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"If you are hoping to find your self-worth and fulfillment in other peoples' opinion of your writing, you will never find it."
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"Everybody thinks their opinion is the right one. If they didn't, they would get a new one."
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