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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The person who grieves suffers his passion to grow upon him he indulges it, he loves it but this never happens in the case of actual pain, which no man ever willingly endured for any considerable time. – Edmund Burke

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It is, generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles, and designs. – Edmund Burke

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

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Obstinate people can be divded into the opinionated, the ignorant, and the boorish. – Aristotle

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Persistence is a strong will. Obstinance is a strong won – Anon.

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Obstinacy in opinions holds the dogmatist in the chains of error, without hope of emancipation. – John C. Granville

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