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A quotation from Joubert, Joseph:

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Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love truth.
[Ceux qui ne se rétractent jamais s’aiment phis que la vérité.]
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WIST Quotations · @WISTquote
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A quotation from Maugham, W. Somerset:

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The Vicar of Blackstable would have nothing to do with the scheme which Philip laid before him. He had a great idea that one should stick to whatever one had begun. Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one’s mind.
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WIST Quotations · @WISTquote
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A quotation from Lowell, James Russell:

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This imputation of inconsistency is one to which every sound politician and every honest thinker must sooner or later subject himself. The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.
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St Joan of Mastodon:canonised · @JoanMastodon
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@1br0wn @crossposter
That's what he usually does. #

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Dean Eaketts · @Gloucester_Lad
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If i had known about @Mastodon in 2016, when they were founded, i would of definitely considered this over the bird. #2016

#changeofmind #Twitter #Mastodon

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Dean Eaketts · @Gloucester_Lad
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If i had known about @Mastodon in 2016, when they were founded, i would of definitely considered this over the bird. #2016

#changeofmind #Twitter #Mastodon

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