Philosophy-of-life-people Quote by Chamfort

One can be certain that every generally held idea, every received notion, will be idiocy because it has been able to appeal to the…

— Nicolas Chamfort

“A majority opinion does not represent the ultimate decision because such a view is not unanimous and lacks general will.”

— Duop Chak Wuol

“It is a safe bet that every publicly held idea, every received convention, is foolishness, for it has suited the majority.”

— Chamfort Sébastien-Roch-Ni 1740?-1794

“we often refuse to accept an idea merely because the way in which it has been expressed is unsympathetic to us.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“I hate that the actions of a minority can influence the opinions of a majority.”

— Sarah Ayoub

Every idea is an incitement. It offers itself for belief, and if believed it is acted on unless some other belief outweighs it or…

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr

“Widespread acceptance of an idea is not proof of its validity.”

— Dan Brown

“Opinions of the masses kill the 'extra' in an 'extraordinary' idea.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“the general or prevailing opinion in any subject is rarely or never the whole truth; it is only by the collision of adverse opinions…

— John Stuart Mill

“You can't accommodate a hundred different opinions, and you can't ignore them. All you can do is provide people with the illusion that they…

— Scott Adams

“We should be simiarly wary of acceping common opinions; we should judge them by the ways of reason not by popular vote”

— Michel De Montaigne (1533-1592

“The problem is that the people with the most ridiculous ideas are always the people who are most certain of them." ( The Decider , July 21, 2007)”

— Bill Maher