It all goes back to the same beginning--opinions differ.
It was immaterial what private opinions he might hold, for his great purpose was the abandonment of particularism and the fusion of all parties for the general good.
Perhaps he says this himself when he writes: "rejoicing exceedingly and renouncing our old opinions we grow young again for salvation, singing with the prophecy that chants 'How good is God to Israel.
He now reviews the opinions of the philosophers about God.
And when persons who are unworthy of education approach philosophy and make an alliance with her who is in a rank above them what sort of ideas and opinions are likely to be generated?
True, Socrates; but I must say that one who like you has passed a lifetime in the study of philosophy should not be always repeating the opinions of others, and never telling his own.
Yet at the end he reminds us that he does not in all respects agree with the customs and opinions of the Utopians which he describes.
These we must select; but they must be watched at every epoch of life to see whether they have retained the same opinions and held out against force and enchantment.
For ages physicians have been under the dominion of prejudices which have only recently given way; and now there are as many opinions in medicine as in theology, and an equal degree of scepticism and some want of toleration about both.
But neither can we say how far these differences are due to education and the opinions of mankind, or physically inherited from the habits and opinions of former generations.
And do you not know, I said, that all mere opinions are bad, and the best of them blind?
Meanwhile the old opinions which he had when a child, and which gave judgment about good and evil, are overthrown by those others which have just been emancipated, and are now the body-guard of love and share his empire.
I remember that your opinions sometimes even startled those of your colleagues whom the holiness of your life filled with admiration.
The work, he adds, is full of foolhardy doctrines and opinions which have already been condemned by the authorities.
If upon a thing dubious, there be little unanimity in the conflicting opinions of one man's mind, how expect it in the uproar of twelve puzzled brains?
But however it was, all the herb-leeches on the island would not have altered her own opinions on the subject.
The opinions of husbands who are not summoned to pay are hardly important; they vary.
Fenellan hazarded a guess at having heard enlightened liberal opinions regarding the sex.
Statistics, upon which his master and friends, after exchanging opinionsin argument, always fell back, frightened him.
His opinions were in the background, rarely stirred; but the lady had brought them forward; and he fretted at his restlessness, vexed that it should be due to the intrusion of the sex instead of to the charms of the individual.
Before intimating the conclusions reached at Vivi, I drew out the candid opinions and judgment of these brethren, and found they were of exactly the same mind with us.
Those hopes may be disappointed, but the opinions which gave rise to them have not been hastily form'd, nor will any selfish feeling of mortification be able to alter them.
Footnote 1: We say, if admired, as there is a great variety of opinionsrespecting Lord Byron's Poems.
If he disapproves the measures of his Ministers, the House of Parliament, in which he has an hereditary right to sit, is the place where his opinions may with propriety be uttered.
And then again, it was indispensable that he should abandon the habit of play--at any rate for the present, while his prospects depended on the good opinions of Mr Melmotte.
Montague had formed his own opinions about Melmotte.
The three ladies, when left to deplore their fate, expressed their opinions as to the sentence which had been pronounced very strongly.
She had opinions of women's rights,--especially in regard to money; and she entertained also a vague notion that in America a young woman would not need support so essentially as in England.
But then there had come a circumstance which altogether changed heropinions as to Carbury Hall, and its proprietor.
But, in the teeth of these adverse opinions Sir Felix managed to get his dinner-table close to theirs and to tell them at dinner something of his future prospects.
He wrote some novels and poems, now forgotten, but rendered valuable service by his bibliographical publications, Censura Literaria, Titles and Opinions of Old English Books (10 vols.
As a critic he had acuteness; but he was one-sided, prejudiced, and savagely bitter, and much more influenced in his judgments by the political opinions than by the literary merits of his victims.
The opinions on religion and politics expressed in it are not, however, always those by which he was himself guided.
Simplicity, uprightness, and toleration of opinionsopposed to his own appear to have been marked traits in his character.
Corruptions of Christianity, and in 1786 his History of Early Opinions concerning Jesus Christ.
Godwin made her an offer of marriage to which, however, his religious opinions presented an insuperable barrier.
Most of the facts about him are gleaned from his De Nugis Curialium (Of the Trifles of the Courtiers), a miscellany of contemporary notes and anecdotes, throwing much light on the manners and opinions of the Court of Henry II.
His essays are his most successful work, containing as they do the thoughts and opinions of a shrewd, experienced, and highly cultivated man, written in what Ruskin called "beautiful quiet English.
In a letter, to a friend, he hesitatingly expressed opinions that have ever since been quoted in defense of the practice.
Gouache was far more interested in his work than in the opinions which his two visitors might entertain of each other.
She could not help wondering who the strange lady might be to whom Donna Tullia was so freely expressing heropinions concerning the Saracinesca, and she determined to ask Orsino after the ceremony.
Their merit is the greater, since those opinions seem to be rarely complimentary to the human race in general, or to their readers in particular.
Even opinions on foreign topics are received with proper respect for the motives and character of those who may choose to express them.
Whatever may be the opinions of others, the President considers his reelection as a decision of the people against the bank.
We believe that religion is instituted of God, and that men are amenable to him, and to him only, for the exercise of it, unless their religious opinions prompt them to infringe upon the rights and liberties of others.
But I should do wrong to conclude my lecture without declaring in succinct and definite terms, the opinions I have formed and entertain of the Mormon people.
Your royal highness has afforded me too many previous reasons to admire and adopt your opinions for me to hesitate in the present instance.
He held to the opinions put forth by some of the leading heathen philosophers of that age, that the end justifies the means, and no feeling of compunction as to the cruel fate he designed for the young vestal entered his heart.
I am told that there are many who call themselves Christians, holding opinions contrary to those taught by the Holy Scriptures," said Jovinian; "but they differ greatly one from the other.
Such a character as this had necessarily been slow in formation, and the opinions which had been modified by it and had reacted upon it, had been as unalterably as deliberately adopted.
On the late John Wesley's particular opinions I do not presume to make any comment; but his zealous and unremitting exertions in what he deemed a good cause, added to the primitive simplicity of his manners, entitled him to high respect.
Of the various opinions which the numerous readers of these his volumes will form at this his conclusion, he can have no certain judgment; but fears that some of them may be thus anticipated.
Policeman Y: His Opinions on War and the Millingtary.
Opinions of other courts, similar in tenor to the foregoing, might be cited, but it would be merely in the nature of reiteration.
I might make use of your own rejoinder, and say that I generally find it saves trouble to keep my opinions to myself," he returned.
Therefore views formed at that time are apt to influence our opinions in after life.
However, irrespective of any of their opinions and without "atmosphere," these criticisms apparently had the same value as the condemnations of the self-styled censors of our modern theatre and its players.
We were very respectable persons at the time and led a most exemplary life, irrespective of the opinions in vogue concerning our little Haven of Unrest.
I always had great respect for Maxine's brain and her splendid opinions regarding untried plays.
They are like a lot of sheep huddled together, vainly endeavoring to emerge from the perfume of their own manure to flaunt their individual opinions before the garrulous public which itself is only too willing to proclaim "the king is dead!
While some may regard my opinions as impertinences none can convincingly deny my right to think, and as all is given impersonally I believe that none will doubt my motives.
After having read many autobiographies I discovered that most nearly-great persons who indulge in the dissipation of giving to the world their opinions of themselves were either born in dilapidated garrets or on unproductive farms.
Near us lives a celebrated general, on whose politicalopinions there seems much doubt, as he has joined neither party, and has become invisible ever since this affair commenced.
When the proclamation came out in the morning, various were the opinions expressed in consequence.
No one shall be molested for political opinionsmanifested since the year '21 until now: consequently the persons, employments and properties of all who have taken part in this or in the past revolutions shall be respected.
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