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The obstinacy of cleverness and reason is nothing to the obstinacy

The obstinacy of cleverness and reason is nothing to the obstinacy of folly and inanity. – Harriet Beecher Stowe

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Obstinacy in a bad cause is but constancy in a good. – Sir Thomas Browne

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Certainly, the mistakes that we male and female mortals make when we have our own way might fairly raise some wonder that were so fond of it. – George Eliot

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A small mind is obstinate. A great mind can lead and be led. – Alexander Cannon

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Obstinacy is the sister of constancy, at least in vigor and stability. – Michel de Montaigne

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