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A quotation from Ben Franklin

Men differ daily, about things which are subject to Sense, is it likely then they should agree about things invisible.

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard (1743 ed.)

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Poor Richard (1743 ed.) - Franklin, Benjamin | WIST Quotations

Men differ daily, about things which are subject to Sense, is it likely then they should agree about things invisible.

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!Aug 22, 2025

A quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson

Age may have one side, but assuredly Youth has the other. There is nothing more certain than that both are right, except perhaps that both are wrong. Let them agree to differ; for who knows but what agreeing to differ may not be a form of agreement rather than a form of difference?

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poet
Essay (1878-03), “Crabbed Age and Youth,” Cornhill Magazine, Vol. 38

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!Aug 1, 2025

A quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson

In short, if youth is not quite right in its opinions, there is a strong probability that age is not much more so.

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poet
Essay (1878-03), “Crabbed Age and Youth,” Cornhill Magazine, Vol. 37

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Essay (1878-03), "Crabbed Age and Youth," Cornhill Magazine, Vol. 37 - Stevenson, Robert Louis | WIST Quotations

In short, if youth is not quite right in its opinions, there is a strong probability that age is not much more so. Collected in Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers, ch. 2 (1881)

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!Jun 25, 2025

A quotation from Montaigne

And there were never in the world two opinions alike, any more than two hairs or two grains. Their most universal quality is diversity.
 
[Et ne fut jamais au monde, deux opinions pareilles, non plus que deux poils, ou deux grains. Leur plus universelle qualité, c’est la diversité.]

Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
Essay (1579), “Of the Resemblance of Children to Their Fathers [De la ressemblance des enfans aux peres], Essays, Book 2, ch. 37 (2.37) (1595) [tr. Frame (1943)]

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WIST Quotations moves again!Jan 15, 2025

A quotation from Fuller, Thomas (1654):

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Hate not Opinions for being contrary to thy own, nor be angry to see a Difference between thine and other Men’s Judgment. Thou art not bound to rectify all Men’s Mistakes. And it is not certain, but thou thy self mayst be in the wrong.
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Sim BarrSep 5, 2024

Difference of Opinion

Oil on canvas, Malcolm T Liepke, 1997

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WIST Quotations moves again!Jan 2, 2024

A quotation from Martin, Judith:

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Ideological differences are no excuse for rudeness.
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"Miss Manners," syndicated column (1978-10-08) - Martin, Judith | WIST Quotations

Ideological differences are no excuse for rudeness. On interactions between the general public and picketers, though she has used the phrase on other occasions. Reprinted in Miss Manners’ Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior, Part 3 "Basic Civilization," "Common Courtesy for All Ages" (1983).

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