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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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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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Gregory B Sadler · @GregSadler
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Continuing on with Sadler's Lectures podcast episodes on Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics book 7, here's one on an important distinction he makes between actual self-control and just plain stubbornness!

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WIST Quotations · @WISTquote
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A quotation from Cox, Marcelene:

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Children in a family are like flowers in a bouquet: there’s always one determined to face in an opposite direction from the way the arranger desires.
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shaky · @long_boots
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AmiW Streetart 👁️ · @AmiW
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🧣 Artist: in City: USA 🇺🇸 - Title:
🔴 "Marv has decided to remain bundled up until the joys of wintertime show themselves."
🔴 "Marv hat beschlossen, eingepackt zu bleiben, bis sich die Freuden des Winters zeigen."


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Daniel Bowdoin PhD DrTheol · @danielbowdoin
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I bought this book in 1968. It was a ‘thing’ in theology biz conversation at the time. To this day I’ve never been able to finish it (and I’ve tried). I’m convinced it’s the single most opaquely written book in the history of the English language. I’ve sworn to finish it before my days on earth end.😇(🤣)

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Daniel Bowdoin PhD DrTheol · @danielbowdoin
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I bought this book in 1968. It was ‘thing’ in theology biz conversation at the time. To this day I’ve never been able to finish it (and I’ve tried). I’m convinced it’s the single most opaquely written book in the history of the English language. I’ve sworn to finish it before my days on earth end.😇(🤣)

#theology #stubbornness

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WIST Quotations · @WISTquote
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WIST - The Art of Worldly Wisdom [Oráculo Manual y Arte de Prudencia], § 183 (1647) [tr. Fischer (1937)] - Gracián, Baltasar | WIST Quotations

A quotation from Gracián, Baltasar:

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Every fool stands convinced; and everyone convinced is a fool; and the faultier a man’s judgment, the firmer his conviction.
[Todo necio es persuadido, y todo persuadido necio; y quanto mas erroneo su dictamen, es mayor su tenacidad.]
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