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Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure
Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric
We may have our private opinions but why should they be a bar to the meeting of hearts?
Opinions are made to be changed - or how is truth to be got at?
Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes
I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it
Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well
For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions, even on important subjects, which I once thought right but found to be otherwise
The public is the only critic whose opinion is worth anything at all
Loyalty to petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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