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Quote by Lord Chesterfield
Our prejudices are our mistresses; reason is at best our wife, ver

Our prejudices are our mistresses; reason is at best our wife, very often heard indeed, but seldom minded. – Lord Chesterfield

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Remember, as long as you live, that nothing but strict truth can carry you through the world, with either your conscience or your honor unwounded. – Lord Chesterfield

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Do not judge and you will never be mistaken. – Jean Jacques Rousseau

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If we were to wake up some morning and find that everyone was the same race, creed and color, we would find some other causes for prejudice by noon. – George Aiken

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Bigotry dwarfs the soul by shutting out the truth. – Edwin Hubbell Chapin

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Prejudice iz a hous plant which iz very apt tew wither if yu take it out doors amungst pholks. – Josh Billings (Henry Wheeler Shaw, 1818–1885) [Or if you prefer, the “tran

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