We suffer more from our opinions that we do from the events themselves.
Opinion Quotes
This imputation of inconsistency is one to which every sound politician and every honest thinker must sooner or later subject himself. The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinion.
Force rules the world, and not opinion; but opinion is that which makes use of force.
What’s the matter, you dissentious rogues That rubbing the poor itch of your opinion, Make yourself scabs? (Coriolanus)
When people have no other tyrant, their own public opinion becomes one.
If you want people to think well of you, do not speak well of yourself.
If you leave the smallest corner of your head vacant for a moment, other people’s opinions will rush in from all quarters.
Men are never so good or so bad as their opinions.
What we have to do is to be for ever curiously testing new opinions and courting new impressions.
I make up my opinions from facts and reasoning, and not to suit any body but myself. If people don’t like my opinions, it makes little difference as I don’t solicit their opinions or votes.
