Oblivion is full of people who allow the opinions of others to overrule their belief in themselves.
No two people see the world exactly alike, and different temperaments will often apply the same principle, recognized by both, differently. Even one and the same person won't always maintain the same views and judgments: earlier convictions must give way to later ones.
If you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have plenty of doubts of my own.
The world is for thousands a freak show; the images flicker past and vanish; the impressions remain flat and unconnected in the soul. Thus they are easily led by the opinions of others, are content to let their impressions be shuffled and rearranged and evaluated differently.
Men are joined by conviction, sundered by opinion.
The destiny of any nation at any given time depends on the opinion of its young people, those under twenty-five.
No two men see the world exactly alike, and different temperaments will apply in different ways a principle that they both acknowledge. The same man will, indeed, often see and judge the same things differently on different occasions: early convictions must give way to more mature ones. Nevertheless, may not the opinions that a man holds and expresses withstand all trials, if he only remains true to himself and others?
As our inclinations, so our opinions.
The suffering may be moral or physical; and in my opinion it is just as absurd to call a man a coward who destroys himself, as to call a man a coward who dies of a malignant fever.
The world runs on from one folly to another; and the man who, solely from regard to the opinion of others, and without any wish or necessity of his own, toils after gold, honour, or any other phantom, is no better than a fool.
Opponents fancy they refute us when they repeat their own opinion and pay no attention to ours.
To venture an opinion is like moving a piece at chess: it may be taken, but it forms the beginning of a game that is won.
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