Common Opinion Quotes

9 quotes by 8 authors

• It is (our) duty . . . to pay especial attention to the principles of government which shall be inculcated therein (at the University), and… — Thomas Jefferson
• All violation of established practice implies in its own nature a rejection of the common opinion, a defiance of common censure, and an appeal from… — Samuel Johnson
• For, contrary to the common opinion, it is the wealthy who are greedy of wealth; while the populace are to be gained by talking to… — Arthur Machen
• Then may we not fairly plead in reply that our true lover of knowledge naturally strives for truth, and is not content with common opinion,… — Plato
• The true lover of knowledge naturally strives for truth, and is not content with common opinion, but soars with undimmed and unwearied passion till he… — Plato
• Since stars appear to be suns, and suns, according to the common opinion, are bodies that serve to enlighten, warm, and sustain a system of… — William Herschel
• I must first know myself, as the Delphian inscription says; to be curious about that which is not my concern, while I am still in… — Socrates
• Because of the active principle and spirit or universal soul, nothing is so incomplete, defective or imperfect, or, according to common opinion, so completely insignificant… — Giordano Bruno
• The barriers of conventionality have been raised so high, and so strangely cemented by long existence, that the only hope of overt hrowing them exists… — Ellen Louise Demorest

Who Wrote These Common Opinion Quotes

8 authors contributed a total of 9 Common Opinion Quotes as follows:

• 2 Common Opinion Quotes by Plato
• 1 Common Opinion Quote by Thomas Jefferson
• 1 Common Opinion Quote by Samuel Johnson
• 1 Common Opinion Quote by Arthur Machen
• 1 Common Opinion Quote by William Herschel
• 1 Common Opinion Quote by Socrates
• 1 Common Opinion Quote by Giordano Bruno
• 1 Common Opinion Quote by Ellen Louise Demorest