Our prejudices are our mistresses; reason is at best our wife, very often heard indeed, but seldom minded.
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It is always right to detect a fraud, and to perceive a folly; but it is very often wrong to expose either. A man of business should always have his eyes open, but must often seem to have them shut.Philip Stanhope
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Whoever incites anger has a strong insurance against indifference.
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