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We are not, indeed, satisfied with our own opinions, whatever we may pretend, till they are ratified and confirmed by suffrage of the rest of mankind. We dispute and wrangle for ever; we endeavour to get men to come to us when we do not go to them.
We are not, indeed, satisfied with our own opinions, whatever we may pretend, till they are ratified and confirmed by suffrage of the rest of mankind. We dispute and wrangle for ever; we endeavour to get men to come to us when we do not go to them.
In print by 1893 AD · industrial
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- Sir Joshua Reynolds (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1893 AD · industrial
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- Dictionary of Quotations (1893) (1893 AD)
Printed citation: Sir Joshua Reynolds. · page_521
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