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Opinion Quotes by Benjamin Franklin
- Unless the Stream of their Importation could be turned... they will soon so outnumber us, that all the advantages we have, will not in my…
- I have conceived a higher opinion of the natural capacities of the black race than I had ever before entertained. Their apprehension seems as quick,…
- All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones. In my opinion, there never was a good war or a bad peace. When will…
- If by the liberty of the press were understood merely the liberty of discussing the propriety of public measures and political opinions, let us have…
- Do you sincerely declare that you love mankind in general, of what profession or religion soever? Do you think any person ought to be harmed…
- As to Jesus of Nazareth, my opinion of whom you particularly desire, I think the system of Morals and his Religion, as he left them…
- I think with you, that nothing is of more importance for the public weal, than to form and train up youth in wisdom and virtue.…
- I think opinions should be judged by their influences and effects; and if a man holds none that tend to make him less virtuous or…
- When you assemble a number of men to have the advantage of their joint wisdom, you inevitably assemble with those men all their prejudices, their…
- When men differ in opinion, both sides ought equally to have the advantage of being heard by the public; when Truth and Error have fair…
- Singularity in the right hath ruined many; happy those who are convinced of the general opinion.
- He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money.
- I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion about the means. I think the best way of doing good to…
- 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,…
- If you wish information and improvement from the knowledge of others, and yet at the same time express yourself as firmly fix'd in your present…
- I hope...that mankind will at length, as they call themselves reasonable creatures, have reason and sense enough to settle their differences without cutting throats; for…
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- Between friends differences in taste or opinion are irritating in direct proportion to their triviality. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth. — Marcus Aurelius
- How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks. — Marcus Aurelius
- I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets… — Marcus Aurelius
- Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride… — Jane Austen
- Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast. — Jane Austen
- There is something so amiable in the prejudices of a young mind, that one is sorry to see them give way to… — Jane Austen
- Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct. — Jane Austen
- Public opinion is no more than this: what people think that other people think. — Alfred Austin
- Mental prayer in my opinion is nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to be alone… — Teresa of Avila
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