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Opinions Quotes by Epictetus
- In a word, neither death, nor exile, nor pain, nor anything of this kind is the real cause of our doing or not doing any…
- Not things, but opinions about things, trouble men.
- Be careful whom you associate with. It is human to imitate the habits of those with whom we interact. We inadvertently adopt their interests, their…
- Some things are up to us [eph' hêmin] and some things are not up to us. Our opinions are up to us, and our impulses,…
- Learn to distinguish what you can and can't control. Within our control are our own opinions, aspirations, desires and the things that repel us. They…
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- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- In the old days... it was a basic, cardinal fact that producers didn't have opinions. When I was producing natural history programmes,… — David Attenborough
- Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth. — 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
- There is something so amiable in the prejudices of a young mind, that one is sorry to see them give way to… — Jane Austen
- Public opinion is no more than this: what people think that other people think. — Alfred Austin
- People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom. — Francis Bacon
- Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity. — Lord Acton
- I've never had a humble opinion. If you've got an opinion, why be humble about it? — Joan Baez
- So long as there are earnest believers in the world, they will always wish to punish opinions, even if their judgment tells… — Walter Bagehot
- A constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities. — Walter Bagehot
- The oppression of any people for opinion's sake has rarely had any other effect than to fix those opinions deeper, and render… — Hosea Ballou