Modest doubt is call'd the beacon of the wise.
William ShakespeareTag: wisdom doubt thinking knowledge philosophy scepticism
He tried to read her heart in her handclasp but he knew nothing.
Cormac McCarthyIf you take too long in deciding what to do with your life, you'll find you've done it.
George Bernard ShawTag: fear doubt procrastination
Like most good looking women, she was never sure of her beauty, and had to keep checking on it, to make sure it was still there.
Josephine HumphreysDoubt wisely; in strange way
To stand inquiring right, is not to stray;
To sleep, or run wrong, is.
The most agonising thing is to drop doubt into a man about his being a reality, three-dimensional - and not some other kind of reality.
Yevgeny ZamyatinI see it on his face. I hear it when he talks. We look out at the world and we see the same thing: Not Fair. And the only difference between us is Ricky's out there trying to get even. And he knows not trust anybody and he got it straight from me. And he knows not to try and get work, and guess where he got that. He walks around like there's loose boards in the floor, and you know who laid that floor, I did.
Marsha NormanTag: life doubt trust unfairness unfair unfairness-of-life
The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize."
[Modernism's Patriarch (Time Magazine, June 10, 1996)]
Tag: art doubt greatness self-esteem confidence humility fame introspection artists creative-process self-awareness depression self-delusion self-doubt narcissism insecurity self-esteem-or-lack-thereof self-doubts fame-and-fortune depression-humor cezanne great-art great-artist paul-cezanne
What are men? Children who doubt.
Derek Walcottdoubt is the privilege of those who have lived a long time,
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