The history of human opinion is scarcely anything more than the history of human errors. Voltaire French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 - 1778) Wind buffs up empty bladders; opinion, fools. Socrates Greek philosopher in Athens (469 BC - 399 BC) We think very few people sensible, except those who are of our opinion. Francois De La Rochefoucauld French author & moralist (1613 - 1680) Even good opinions are worth very little unless we hold them in the broad, intelligent, and spacious way. John Viscount Morley Opinions cannot survive if one has no chance to fight for them. Thomas Mann German writer (1875 - 1955) Man is a gregarious animal and much more so in his mind than in his body. A golden rule; judge men not by their opinions but by what their opinions have made of them. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742 - 1799) Error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it. Thomas Jefferson 3rd president of US (1743 - 1826) People talk fundamentals and superlatives and then make some changes of detail. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. US jurist (1841 - 1935) Opinion is that exercise of the human will which helps us to make a decision without information. John Erskine US author & educator (1879 - 1951) Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions. Albert Einstein US (German-born) physicist (1879 - 1955) |