It is from a weakness and smallness of mind that men are opinionated; and we are very loath to believe what we are not able to comprehend.
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Pride more often than ignorance makes us refuse to accept new ideas finding the first places taken in the intellectual parade, we refuse to take the last.
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When a man's acts are honest and just, it is hard to know if they result from righteousness or cleverness.
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However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.
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