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Good Opinion Quotes
A good opinion is earned, not chased.
These quotes weigh the value of holding a good opinion in others' eyes against the risk of caring too much what people think. One line even praises artists who ignore reception entirely, a tension also explored in Believe quotes about self-conviction.
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The good opinion of mankind, like the lever of Archimedes, with the given fulcrum, moves the world.
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There is a solid satisfaction in one's having and being conscious that he merits the good opinion of men of true discernment and real worth. But to have a name among the weak and the wicked is shame and reproach.
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I should have forfeited my own self-respect, and perhaps the good opinion of my countrymen, if I had failed to resent such an injury by calling the offender in question to a personal account.
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Alcohol is necessary for a man so that he can have a good opinion of himself, undisturbed be the facts.
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While I value the good opinion of my fellow citizens as highly as anyone, I may be permitted to say that I am governed by higher considerations than either the favor or the fear of man. I am impelled to the course I have taken because I fear God.
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