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    Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.

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Reasoning against a prejudice is like fighting against a shadow; it exhausts the reasoner, without visibly affecting the prejudice.

Reasoning against a prejudice is like fighting against a shadow; it exhausts the reasoner, without visibly affecting the prejudice.

by Charles Mildmay Found in: Prejudice Quotes,
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All colors will agree in the dark.

All colors will agree in the dark.

by Francis Bacon Found in: Prejudice Quotes,
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Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard.

Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard.

by Adlai E. Stevenson Found in: Prejudice Quotes,
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Prejudice is a raft onto which the shipwrecked mind clambers and paddles to safety.

Prejudice is a raft onto which the shipwrecked mind clambers and paddles to safety.

by Ben Hecht Found in: Prejudice Quotes,
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A prejudice is a vagrant opinion without visible means of support.

A prejudice is a vagrant opinion without visible means of support.

by Ambrose Bierce Found in: Prejudice Quotes,
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Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or read more

Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilised by education; they grow there, firm as weeds among stones.

by Charlotte Bronte Found in: Prejudice Quotes,
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I'm free of all prejudices. I hate everyone equally.

I'm free of all prejudices. I hate everyone equally.

by W. C. Fields Found in: Prejudice Quotes,
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Many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.

Many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.

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To lay aside all prejudices, is to lay aside all principles. He who is destitute of principles is governed by read more

To lay aside all prejudices, is to lay aside all principles. He who is destitute of principles is governed by whims.

by Friedrich H. Jacobi Found in: Prejudice Quotes,
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