Pride and conceit were the original sins of man.

Quote by Alain Rene Lesage

Topics: Conceit Quotes, Pride Quotes, Sin Quotes

Doubt is not below knowledge but above it

Doubt is not below knowledge but above it

Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if...

Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if...

Dubito ergo cogito; cogito ergo sum. (I doubt, therefore I think; I think therefore I...

Dubito ergo cogito; cogito ergo sum. (I doubt, therefore I think; I think therefore I...

When in doubt who will win, be neutral

When in doubt who will win, be neutral

It is easier to believe than to doubt.

It is easier to believe than to doubt.

The biggest cause of trouble in the world today is that the stupid people are...

The biggest cause of trouble in the world today is that the stupid people are...

There's naught, no doubt, so much the spirit calms as rum and true religion

There's naught, no doubt, so much the spirit calms as rum and true religion

I doubt whether the world holds for any one a more soul-stirring surprise than the...

I doubt whether the world holds for any one a more soul-stirring surprise than the...

Without doubt, machinery has greatly increased the number of well-to-do idlers

Without doubt, machinery has greatly increased the number of well-to-do idlers

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts: but if he...

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts: but if he...

Face your fears and doubts, and new worlds will open to you.

Face your fears and doubts, and new worlds will open to you.

Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.

Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.

Doubt is the key to knowledge

Doubt is the key to knowledge

Isn't it the moment of most profound doubt that gives birth to new certainties? Perhaps...

Isn't it the moment of most profound doubt that gives birth to new certainties? Perhaps...

I love to doubt as well as know.

I love to doubt as well as know.

Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win, by...

Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win, by...

What makes a river so restful to people is that it doesn't have any doubt...

What makes a river so restful to people is that it doesn't have any doubt...

Doubt cannot override a certainty.

Doubt cannot override a certainty.

To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it

To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it