A man convinced against his will is not convinced.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Man has an incurable habit of not fulfilling the prophecies of his fellow men.
A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.
A man without decision can never be said to belong to himself.
A person possessed with an idea cannot be reasoned with.
A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them.
It is impossible to persuade a man who does not disagree, but smiles.
A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms agains himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it.
A man cannot be made comfortable without his own approval.
That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future.
There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor of thinking.