"The antiquity and general acceptance of an opinion……" — Pierre Bayle
"The antiquity and general acceptance of an opinion is not assurance of its truth."
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12 Quotes by Pierre Bayle
Pierre Bayle has 12 quotes on this site.
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It is thus tolerance that is the source of peace, and intolerance that is the source of disorder and squabbling.
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If an historian were to relate truthfully all the crimes, weaknesses, and disorders of mankind, his readers would take his…
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Properly speaking, history is nothing but the crimes and misfortunes of the human race.
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I am a good Protestant, and in the full sense of the term, for from the bottom of my soul,…
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It is pure illusion to think that an opinion which passes down from century to century, from generation to generation,…
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There is not less wit nor invention in applying rightly a thought one finds in a book, than in being…
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In matters of religion, it is very easy to deceive a man and very hard to undeceive him.
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I mention this only to shew that the citations of the most judicious authors frequently deceive us, and consequently that…
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Philosophy can be compared to some powders that are so corrosive that, after they have eaten away the infected flesh…
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I know too much to be a sceptic and too little to be a dogmatist.
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There is not less wit nor less invention in applying rightly a thought one finds in a book, than in…
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More Acceptance Quotes
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one of 2,150 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
— Aristotle
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Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do…
— Marcus Aurelius
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Confine yourself to the present.
— Marcus Aurelius
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He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.
— Francis Bacon
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And as I stumbled onto Eastern philosophy and Buddhism, it was the first time I had ever read any sort…
— Alan Ball
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Nothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being ill at ease with yourself.
— Honore de Balzac
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Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance,…
— Melody Beattie
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To make oneself an object, to make oneself passive, is a very different thing from being a passive object.
— Simone de Beauvoir
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It's not only the most difficult thing to know one's self, but the most inconvenient.
— Josh Billings
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I've probably understood men too well. I realise they are predatory by nature, and I have a certain acceptance of…
— Jacqueline Bisset
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It is on the acceptance or rejection of the theory of the Unity of all in Nature, in its ultimate…
— H. P. Blavatsky
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We may not always agree with every one of our neighbors. That's life. And it's part of living in such…
— Michael Bloomberg
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