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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.
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
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.
It is not the simple statement of facts that ushers in freedom; it is the constant repetition of them that read more
It is not the simple statement of facts that ushers in freedom; it is the constant repetition of them that has this liberating effect. Tolerance is the result not of enlightenment, but of boredom.
Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
Prejudice is the child of ignorance.
Prejudice is the child of ignorance.
He who never leaves his country is full of prejudices.
He who never leaves his country is full of prejudices.
Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard.
Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard.
The very ink in which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.
The very ink in which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.
