Essays Quote by Michel De Montaigne (1533-1592

We should be similarly wary of accepting common opinions; we should judge them by the ways of reason not by popular vote.

— Michel de Montaigne

Thus we should beware of clinging to vulgar opinions, and judge things by reason's way, not by popular say.

— Michel de Montaigne

“New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not common.”

— John Locke

“But to judge some people impartially we must renounce certain preconceived opinions and our habitual attitude to the ordinary people about us.”

— Crime and Punishment; Fyodor Dostoevsky

“We must take into consideration the opinions of others; simply because we all look at the world through different lenses.”

— Mwanandeke Kindembo

You've got to ensure that the holders of an opinion, however unpopular, are allowed to put across their points of view.

— Betty Boothroyd

“Don’t judge others”

— Michael Berg

Public opinion is a mysterious and invisible power, to which everything must yield. There is nothing more fickle, more vague, or more powerful; yet…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

“Let us beware of common folk, common sense, sentiment, inspiration, and the obvious. ”

— Charles Baudelaire

“What should worry us is not the number of people who oppose us, but how good their reasons are for doing so. We should…

— Alain de Botton

“Remember that everyone has opinions and they are often bad. Opinions are easy to produce; everyone has plenty of them and most people are…

— Ray Dalio

public opinion, the sum of private opinions, does matter, can matter often for good.

— Sybille Bedford