#obstinacy : firm and usually unreasonable adherence to an opinion, purpose, or system
- French: obstination
- German: der Eigensinn
- Italian: ostinazione
- Portuguese: obstinência
- Spanish: obstinación
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A quotation from La Rochefoucauld
We are stubborn because we are narrow-minded; it is hard to believe what is beyond the scope of our vision.François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶265 (1665-1678) [tr. Heard (1917), ¶273]
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We are stubborn because we are narrow-minded; it is hard to believe what is beyond the scope of our vision. [La petitesse de l’esprit fait l’opiniâtreté, et nous ne croyons pas aisément ce qui est au delà de ce que nous voyons.] This maxim was in the 1st (1665) edition…
A quotation from La Rochefoucauld
It is generally pride rather than lack of intelligence which prompts men to dispute so obstinately generally accepted opinions; they find all the front seats taken on the popular side, and do not wish to sit behind.François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶234 (1665-1678) [tr. Stevens (1939)]
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It is generally pride rather than lack of intelligence which prompts men to dispute so obstinately generally accepted opinions; they find all the front seats taken on the popular side, and do not wish to sit behind. [C’est plus souvent par orgueil que par défaut de lumières qu’on s’oppose avec…
#obstinacy : firm and usually unreasonable adherence to an opinion, purpose, or system
- French: obstination
- German: der Eigensinn
- Italian: ostinazione
- Portuguese: obstinência
- Spanish: obstinación
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John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
Letter (1782-09-27) to Edmund Jenings
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#obstinacy : firm and usually unreasonable adherence to an opinion, purpose, or system
- French: obstination
- German: der Eigensinn
- Italian: ostinazione
- Portuguese: obstinência
- Spanish: obstinación
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Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 63 (1955)
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#obstinacy : firm and usually unreasonable adherence to an opinion, purpose, or system
- French: obstination
- German: der Eigensinn
- Italian: ostinazione
- Portuguese: obstinência
- Spanish: obstinación
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Thank you so much for being a member of our community!
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