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Make me to see't; or at the least so prove it That the probation bear no hinge nor loop To hang a doubt on--or woe upon thy life!

To be once in doubt Is once to be resolved.

To believe with certainty we must begin with doubting.

There lives more faith in honest doubt, Believe me, than in half the creeds.

I follow my law and fulfil it all duly--and look! when your doubt runneth high-- North points to the needle!

Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.

When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap.

There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills.

The believer is happy; the doubter is wise.

Fanaticism is . . . overcompensation for doubt.

A weak man has doubts before a decision; a strong man has them afterwards.

The fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself.

The pragmatist knows that doubt is an art which has to be acquired with difficulty.

Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.

Doubt is the father of invention.

I'd rather see folks doubt what's true than accept what isn't.

Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.

Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom.

To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.

If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his self-approved wisdom.