Common Opinion Quotes
9 quotes by 8 authors
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It is (our) duty . . . to pay especial attention to the principles of government which shall be inculcated therein (at the University), and…
— Thomas Jefferson
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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