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“There are two ways of forming an opinion. One is the scientific method; the other, the scholastic. To the scientific mind, experimental proof is all-important, and theory is merely a convenience in description, to be junked when it no longer fits. To the academic mind, authority is everything, and facts are junked when they do not fit theory.”

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Author:Robert A. Heinlein

“Obstinacy and vehemency in opinion are the surest proofs of stupidity.”

Opinion Stupidity Proof Obstinate Obstinacy

Author:Bernard Barton

“To attach no importance to public opinion, is a proof that you do not merit its suffrage.”

Opinion Importance Proof Merit Public Opinion Suffrage

Author:Napoleon Bonaparte

“Spirits...Ghosts...Angels...whichever yo wish to call them - Reader, they do exist. I've seem them all my life, but I've learned to say nothing. And for all you cynics out there, just remember, there is no proof either way. So I choose to believe. In my opinion, it's much the best option.”

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Author:Lucinda Riley

“Sculpture and painting are very justly called liberal arts; a lively and strong imagination, together with a just observation, being absolutely necessary to excel in either; which, in my opinion, is by no means the case of music, though called a liberal art, and now in Italy placed even above the other two--a proof of the decline of that country.”

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Author:Lord Chesterfield

“Orthodoxy, or right opinion, is, at best, a very slender part of religion. Though right tempers cannot subsist without right opinions, yet right opinions may subsist without right tempers. There may be a right opinion of God without either love or one right temper toward Him. Satan is a proof of this.”

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Author:John Wesley

“The average man believes a thing first, and then searches for proof to bolster his opinion”

Men Firsts Believe Opinion Average Proof Average Man

Author:Elbert Hubbard

“It is a difference of opinion which does not admit of proof. We each begin probably with a little bias towards our own sex, and upon that bias build every circumstance in favour of it which has occurred within our own circle.”

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Book:Northanger abbey [followed by] Persuasion

Source: Northanger abbey [followed by] Persuasion