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Opinion Quotes - Page 9

There is nothing- No life, No joy, No pain- There is nothing save opinion, And opinion be damned.

There is nothing- No life, No joy, No pain- There is nothing save opinion, And opinion be damned.

Stephen Crane (1998). “War Is Kind and Other Poems”, p.17, Courier Corporation

Treat with utmost respect your power of forming opinions, for this power alone guards you against making assumptions that are contrary to nature and judgments that overthrow the rule of reason.

Marcus Aurelius, C. Scot Hicks, David Hicks (2002). “The Emperor's Handbook: A New Translation of The Meditations”, p.11, Simon and Schuster

What concerns all, should be considered by all; and individuals may injure a whole society, by not declaring their sentiments. It is therefore not only their right, but their duty, to declare them.

John Dickinson (1801). “The Political Writings of John Dickinson, Esquire: Late President of the State of Delaware, and of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania”, p.72

No man on earth is truly free, All are slaves of money or necessity. Public opinion or fear of prosecution forces each one, against his conscience, to conform.

Euripides (1958). “Euripides: Hecuba, translated by W. Arrowsmith. Andromache, translated by J. F. Nims. The Trojan women, translated by R. Lattimore. Ion, translated by R. F. Willetts”

When ancient opinions and rules of life are taken away, the loss cannot possibly be estimated. From that moment, we have no compass to govern us, nor can we know distinctly to what port to steer.

Edmund Burke (1868). “Reflections on the Revolution in France and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event: 1790”, p.92

When you live for others' opinions, you are dead. I don't want to live thinking about how I'll be remembered.

"Carlos Slim: The world's wealthiest man" by Paul Harris, www.theguardian.com. March 13, 2010.

Nothing is more unjust or capricious than public opinion.

William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1476, Delphi Classics

Happy opinions are the wine of the heart.

Leigh Hunt (1870). “A Day by the Fire: And Other Papers, Hitherto Uncollected”, p.50