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

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Prejudice is the reason of fools

Prejudice is the reason of fools

by Voltaire Found in: Prejudice Quotes,
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Man associates ideas not according to logic or verifiable exactitude, but according to his pleasure and interests. It is for read more

Man associates ideas not according to logic or verifiable exactitude, but according to his pleasure and interests. It is for this reason that most truths are nothing but prejudices.

by Remy De Gourmont 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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Beware prejudices. They are like rats, and men's minds are like traps; prejudices get in easily, but it is doubtful read more

Beware prejudices. They are like rats, and men's minds are like traps; prejudices get in easily, but it is doubtful if they ever get out.

by Lord Jeffrey Found in: Prejudice Quotes,
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He who never leaves his country is full of prejudices.

He who never leaves his country is full of prejudices.

by Carlo Goldoni Found in: Prejudice Quotes,
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Prejudice squints when it looks and lies when it talks.

Prejudice squints when it looks and lies when it talks.

by Duchess Abrantes 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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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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