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Quote by Edmund Burke
They defend their errors as if they were defending their inheritan

They defend their errors as if they were defending their inheritance. – Edmund Burke

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Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom and a great empire and little minds go ill together. – Edmund Burke

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Edmund Burke
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He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. This amicable conflict with difficulty helps us to an intimate acquaintance with our object, and compels us to consider it in all its relations. It will not suffer us to be superficial. – Edmund Burke

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Stubbornness is the strength of the weak. – Johann Kaspar Lavater

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Who is so deaf or so blind as he that willfully will neither hear nor see? – English Proverb

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

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In the face of an obstacle which is impossible to overcome, stubbornness is stupid. – Simone de Beauvoir

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