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A quotation from Josh Billings
Whare thare iz one man obstinate bekauze he iz wize, thare iz 4,695,853 obstinate bekauze they are ignorant.
[Where there is one man obstinate because he is wise, there are 4,685,853 obstinate because they are ignorant.]Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1874-12 (1874 ed.)More about this quote: wist.info/billings-josh/83874/
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A quotation from Josh Billings
Whare thare iz one man obstinate bekauze he iz wize, thare iz 4,695,853 obstinate bekauze they are ignorant.
[Where there is one man obstinate because he is wise, there are 4,685,853 obstinate because they are ignorant.]Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1874-12 (1874 ed.)More about this quote: wist.info/billings-josh/83874/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #joshbillings #conviction #determination #ignorance #obstinacy #sticktoit #stubbornness #wisdom
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A quotation from Josh Billings
Whare thare iz one man obstinate bekauze he iz wize, thare iz 4,695,853 obstinate bekauze they are ignorant.
[Where there is one man obstinate because he is wise, there are 4,685,853 obstinate because they are ignorant.]Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1874-12 (1874 ed.)More about this quote: wist.info/billings-josh/83874/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #joshbillings #conviction #determination #ignorance #obstinacy #sticktoit #stubbornness #wisdom
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A quotation from Josh Billings
Whare thare iz one man obstinate bekauze he iz wize, thare iz 4,695,853 obstinate bekauze they are ignorant.
[Where there is one man obstinate because he is wise, there are 4,685,853 obstinate because they are ignorant.]Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1874-12 (1874 ed.)More about this quote: wist.info/billings-josh/83874/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #joshbillings #conviction #determination #ignorance #obstinacy #sticktoit #stubbornness #wisdom
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A quotation from Josh Billings
Whare thare iz one man obstinate bekauze he iz wize, thare iz 4,695,853 obstinate bekauze they are ignorant.
[Where there is one man obstinate because he is wise, there are 4,685,853 obstinate because they are ignorant.]Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1874-12 (1874 ed.)More about this quote: wist.info/billings-josh/83874/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #joshbillings #conviction #determination #ignorance #obstinacy #sticktoit #stubbornness #wisdom
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A quotation from La Rochefoucauld
We are stubborn because we are narrow-minded; it is hard to believe what is beyond the scope of our vision.
[La petitesse de l’esprit fait l’opiniâtreté, et nous ne croyons pas aisément ce qui est au delà de ce que nous voyons.]François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶265 (1665-1678) [tr. Heard (1917), ¶273]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/la-rochefoucauld-fra…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #larochefoucauld #abstraction #belief #bias #bigotry #closedmindedness #comprehension #dogmatism #illiberality #insularity #intolerance #little #narrowmindedness #obstinacy #parochialism #scope #speculation #stubbornness #vision
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A quotation from La Rochefoucauld
We are stubborn because we are narrow-minded; it is hard to believe what is beyond the scope of our vision.
[La petitesse de l’esprit fait l’opiniâtreté, et nous ne croyons pas aisément ce qui est au delà de ce que nous voyons.]François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶265 (1665-1678) [tr. Heard (1917), ¶273]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/la-rochefoucauld-fra…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #larochefoucauld #abstraction #belief #bias #bigotry #closedmindedness #comprehension #dogmatism #illiberality #insularity #intolerance #little #narrowmindedness #obstinacy #parochialism #scope #speculation #stubbornness #vision
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A quotation from La Rochefoucauld
We are stubborn because we are narrow-minded; it is hard to believe what is beyond the scope of our vision.
[La petitesse de l’esprit fait l’opiniâtreté, et nous ne croyons pas aisément ce qui est au delà de ce que nous voyons.]François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶265 (1665-1678) [tr. Heard (1917), ¶273]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/la-rochefoucauld-fra…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #larochefoucauld #abstraction #belief #bias #bigotry #closedmindedness #comprehension #dogmatism #illiberality #insularity #intolerance #little #narrowmindedness #obstinacy #parochialism #scope #speculation #stubbornness #vision
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A quotation from La Rochefoucauld
We are stubborn because we are narrow-minded; it is hard to believe what is beyond the scope of our vision.
[La petitesse de l’esprit fait l’opiniâtreté, et nous ne croyons pas aisément ce qui est au delà de ce que nous voyons.]François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶265 (1665-1678) [tr. Heard (1917), ¶273]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/la-rochefoucauld-fra…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #larochefoucauld #abstraction #belief #bias #bigotry #closedmindedness #comprehension #dogmatism #illiberality #insularity #intolerance #little #narrowmindedness #obstinacy #parochialism #scope #speculation #stubbornness #vision
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A quotation from La Rochefoucauld
It is generally pride rather than lack of intelligence which prompts men to dispute so obstinately generally accepted opinions; they find all the front seats taken on the popular side, and do not wish to sit behind.
[C’est plus souvent par orgueil que par défaut de lumières qu’on s’oppose avec tant d’opiniâtreté aux opinions les plus suivies: on trouve les premières places prises dans le bon parti, et on ne veut point des dernières.]François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶234 (1665-1678) [tr. Stevens (1939)]More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/la-rochefoucauld-fra…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #larochefoucauld #attention #selfaggrandizement #attentionseeking #bigfish #contrariness #ego #heterodoxy #obstinacy #pride #selfglorification #selfpromotion #selfrighteousness #popularopinion
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A quotation from La Rochefoucauld
It is generally pride rather than lack of intelligence which prompts men to dispute so obstinately generally accepted opinions; they find all the front seats taken on the popular side, and do not wish to sit behind.
[C’est plus souvent par orgueil que par défaut de lumières qu’on s’oppose avec tant d’opiniâtreté aux opinions les plus suivies: on trouve les premières places prises dans le bon parti, et on ne veut point des dernières.]François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶234 (1665-1678) [tr. Stevens (1939)]More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/la-rochefoucauld-fra…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #larochefoucauld #attention #selfaggrandizement #attentionseeking #bigfish #contrariness #ego #heterodoxy #obstinacy #pride #selfglorification #selfpromotion #selfrighteousness #popularopinion
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A quotation from La Rochefoucauld
It is generally pride rather than lack of intelligence which prompts men to dispute so obstinately generally accepted opinions; they find all the front seats taken on the popular side, and do not wish to sit behind.
[C’est plus souvent par orgueil que par défaut de lumières qu’on s’oppose avec tant d’opiniâtreté aux opinions les plus suivies: on trouve les premières places prises dans le bon parti, et on ne veut point des dernières.]François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶234 (1665-1678) [tr. Stevens (1939)]More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/la-rochefoucauld-fra…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #larochefoucauld #attention #selfaggrandizement #attentionseeking #bigfish #contrariness #ego #heterodoxy #obstinacy #pride #selfglorification #selfpromotion #selfrighteousness #popularopinion
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A quotation from La Rochefoucauld
It is generally pride rather than lack of intelligence which prompts men to dispute so obstinately generally accepted opinions; they find all the front seats taken on the popular side, and do not wish to sit behind.
[C’est plus souvent par orgueil que par défaut de lumières qu’on s’oppose avec tant d’opiniâtreté aux opinions les plus suivies: on trouve les premières places prises dans le bon parti, et on ne veut point des dernières.]François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶234 (1665-1678) [tr. Stevens (1939)]More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/la-rochefoucauld-fra…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #larochefoucauld #attention #selfaggrandizement #attentionseeking #bigfish #contrariness #ego #heterodoxy #obstinacy #pride #selfglorification #selfpromotion #selfrighteousness #popularopinion
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A quotation from La Rochefoucauld
It is generally pride rather than lack of intelligence which prompts men to dispute so obstinately generally accepted opinions; they find all the front seats taken on the popular side, and do not wish to sit behind.
[C’est plus souvent par orgueil que par défaut de lumières qu’on s’oppose avec tant d’opiniâtreté aux opinions les plus suivies: on trouve les premières places prises dans le bon parti, et on ne veut point des dernières.]François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶234 (1665-1678) [tr. Stevens (1939)]More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/la-rochefoucauld-fra…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #larochefoucauld #attention #selfaggrandizement #attentionseeking #bigfish #contrariness #ego #heterodoxy #obstinacy #pride #selfglorification #selfpromotion #selfrighteousness #popularopinion
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Thanks be to God, that he gave me Stubborness, when I know I am right.
John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
Letter (1782-09-27) to Edmund JeningsMore info about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/35533/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #blessing #certainty #conviction #courage #obstinacy #righteousness #selfrighteousness #stubbornness
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Thanks be to God, that he gave me Stubborness, when I know I am right.
John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
Letter (1782-09-27) to Edmund JeningsMore info about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/35533/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #blessing #certainty #conviction #courage #obstinacy #righteousness #selfrighteousness #stubbornness
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Thanks be to God, that he gave me Stubborness, when I know I am right.
John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
Letter (1782-09-27) to Edmund JeningsMore info about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/35533/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #blessing #certainty #conviction #courage #obstinacy #righteousness #selfrighteousness #stubbornness
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Thanks be to God, that he gave me Stubborness, when I know I am right.
John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
Letter (1782-09-27) to Edmund JeningsMore info about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/35533/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #blessing #certainty #conviction #courage #obstinacy #righteousness #selfrighteousness #stubbornness
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The uncompromising attitude is more indicative of an inner uncertainty than of deep conviction. The implacable stand is directed more against the doubt within than the assailant without.
Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 63 (1955)Sourcing, notes: wist.info/hoffer-eric/11433/
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A quotation from Nietzsche, Friedrich:
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Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal.[Viele sind hartnäckig in Bezug auf den einmal eingeschlagenen Weg, Wenige in Bezug auf das Ziel.]
»Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/nietzsche-friedrich/2975/#quote #quotes #quotation #destination #goal #obstinacy #path #pride #solution #stubbornness