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

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