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Some Impose Upon The World That They Believe That Which They Do Not; Others, More In Number, Make Themselves Believe That They Believe, Not Being Able To Penetrate Into What It Is To Believe.

To Make A Crooked Stick Straight, We Bend It The Contrary Way.

All We Do Is To Look After The Opinions And Learning Of Others: We Ought To Make Them Our Own.

The Vulgar And Common Esteem Is Seldom Happy In Hitting Right; And I Am Much Mistaken If, Amongst The Writings Of My Time, The Worst Are Not Those Which Have Most Gained The Popular Applause.

We Are More Unhappy To See People Ahead Of Us Than Happy To See People Behind Us.