
“Who once believed will never wholly doubt.”
Source: Prince Lucifer (1887), Lucifer in Act VI, sc. ii; p. 193.
Source: Prince Lucifer (1887), Eve in Act VI, sc. ii; p. 193.
“Who once believed will never wholly doubt.”
Source: Prince Lucifer (1887), Lucifer in Act VI, sc. ii; p. 193.
“Who never doubted never half believed
Where doubt there truth is—'t is her shadow.”
Scene V, A Country Town; comparable to Alfred, Lord Tennyson "There lives more faith in honest doubt / Believe me, than in half the creeds."
Festus (1839)
“If you quit ONCE it becomes a habit. Never quit!!!”
“Believe those who seek the truth, doubt those who find it; doubt all, but do not doubt yourself.”
Ainsi soit-il; ou, Les Jeux sont faits
So be it; or, The chips are down
Gallimard
1952
174
Original: (fr) Croyez ceux qui cherchent la vérité, doutez de ceux qui la trouvent; doutez de tout, mais ne doutez pas de vous-même.
Journals and Papers III 3284 (1841)
1840s, The Journals of Søren Kierkegaard, 1840s
“Do not doubt him who tells you he is afraid, but be afraid of him who tells you he has no doubts.”
Original German text: "Zweifle nicht an dem der dir sagt er hat Angst, aber hab Angst vor dem der dir sagt, er kennt keinen Zweifel."
from "100 Gedichte ohne Vaterland", pub. 1978.