John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon Quote

I always thought it better to allow myself to doubt before I decided, than to expose myself to the misery, after I had decided, of doubting whether I had decided rightly and justly.


In Horace Twiss, The Public and Private Life of Lord Chancellor Eldon (1844), p. 350.


I always thought it better to allow myself to doubt before I decided, than to expose myself to the misery, after I had decided, of doubting whether I ...

I always thought it better to allow myself to doubt before I decided, than to expose myself to the misery, after I had decided, of doubting whether I ...

I always thought it better to allow myself to doubt before I decided, than to expose myself to the misery, after I had decided, of doubting whether I ...

I always thought it better to allow myself to doubt before I decided, than to expose myself to the misery, after I had decided, of doubting whether I ...