 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1823 - 310 pages
...thought right, but found to be otherwise. It is, therefore, that the older I grow, the more apt am I to doubt my own judgment, and to pay more respect to the judgment of others. Most men, indeed, as well as most sects of religion, think themselves in possession of all truth, and... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1825 - 324 pages
...important subjects, which I once thought right, but found to be otherwise. It is, therefore, that tha older I grow, the more apt I am to doubt my own judgment,...and to pay more respect to the judgment of others. Most men, indeed, as well as most sects in religion, think themselves in possession of all truth, and... | |
 | United States - 1826 - 440 pages
...even on important subjects, which I once thought right, but found to be otherwise. It is, therefore, that the older I grow, the more apt I am to doubt...and to pay more respect to the judgment of others. Most men, indeed, as well as most sects in religion, think themselves in possession of all * Iu our... | |
 | United States - 1826 - 422 pages
...even on important subjects, which I once thought right, but found to be otherwise. It is, therefore, that the older I grow, the more apt I am to doubt...and to pay more respect to the judgment of others. Most men, indeed, as well as most sects in religion, think themselves in possession of all • In our... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1831 - 310 pages
...thought right, but found to be otherwise. Jt is, therefore, that the older I grow, the more apt I mn to doubt my own judgment, and to pay more respect to the judgment of others. Most men, indeed, as well as most sects in religion, think themselves in possession of all truih, and... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1831 - 314 pages
...right, hut found to he otherwise. Ir is, therefore, that rhe older \ grow, ths more apt f am to douht my own judgment, and to pay more respect to the judgment of others. Mo?t men, indeed, as well aa most 9eei9 in religion, thiak themselves in possession of all truth, and... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - American essays - 1834 - 310 pages
...subjects, which I once thought right, but found to be otherwise. It is, therefore, that the older 1 grow, the more apt I am to doubt my own judgment, and to pay more respect to the judgment of others. Most men, indeed, as well as most sects in religion, think themselves in possession of all truih, and... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - Statesmen - 1837 - 552 pages
...even on important subjects, which I once thought right, but found to be otherwise. It is therefore that, the older I grow, the more apt I am to doubt my own judgment of others. Most men, indeed, as well as most sects in religion, think themselves in possession of all... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Autobiographical memory - 1837 - 356 pages
...even on important subjects, which I once thought right, but found to be otherwise. It is, therefore, that the older I grow, the more apt I am to doubt iny own judgment, and to pay more respect to the- judgment of others. Most men, indeed, as well as... | |
 | Philippines - 1970 - 434 pages
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For, having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged by better information, or fuller consideration, to change opinions even on important subjects which I once thought right, but found to be otherwise. It is therefore that, the older... 
