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The obstinacy of cleverness and reason is nothing to the obstinacy of folly and inanity.


Harriet Beecher Stowe

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KELLY JONES Public opinion is a compound of folly, weakness, prejudice, wrong feeling, right feeling, obstinacy,...
ROBERT PEEL [Smiley writes that upon meeting Harriet Beecher Stowe, the author of] Uncle Tom?s Cabin, ... So thi...
ABRAHAM LINCOLN O, because I have had only that kind of benevolence which consists in lying on a sofa, and cursing t...
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE The robes of lawyers are lined with the obstinacy of clients
PROVERB Of course, in a novel, people’s hearts break, and they die, and that is the end of it; and in a st...
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE Can anything be more disgusting than to hear people called 'educated' making small jokes about eatin...
GEORGE ELIOT Obstinacy is the sister of constancy, at least in vigor and stability.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
MAN RAY 'Tis known by the name of perseverance in a good cause -- and of obstinacy in a bad one.
LAURENCE STERNE Obstinacy is ever most positive when it is most in the wrong.
SUZANNE CURCHOD NECKER The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one often comes from a strong will, and t...
HENRY WARD BEECHER Obstinacy in a bad cause is but constancy in a good
THOMAS BROWNE, SR. A man will do more for his stubbornness than for his religion or his country
EDGAR WATSON HOWE The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one often comes from a strong will, and th...
HENRY WARD BEECHER The enemy was too strong for me, but he was severely punished for his obstinacy. His casualties were...
JOHN BUFORD If you can exist, and stay the course -- not a course of blind obstinacy and faulty conception -- bu...
FRED HELLERMAN Obstinacy is will asserting itself without being able to justify itself. It is persistence without a...
HENRI FREDERIC AMIEL Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER Love is the only fire hot enough to melt the iron obstinacy of a creature's will.
UNKNOWN That which is called firmness in a king is called obstinacy in a donkey
JOHN ERSKINE 'Tis known by the name of perseverance in a good cause, and of obstinacy in a bad one
LAURENCE STERNE Love is the only fire that is hot enough to melt the iron obstinacy of a creatures' will
ALEXANDER MACLAREN love is the only fire that is hot enough to melt the iron obstinacy of a creatures will
ALEXANDER MACLAREN Obstinacy in opinions holds the dogmatist in the chains of error, without hope of emancipation.
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THOMAS A. SHIPPEY 'Tis known by the name of perseverance in a good cause, and of obstinacy in a bad one.
LAURENCE STERNE Obstinacy in a bad cause is but constancy in a good.
SIR THOMAS BROWNE Obstinacy in a bad cause is but constancy in a good.
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VOLTAIRE The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the othe...
HENRY WARD BEECHER May God in his mercy enable us without obstinacy to perceive our errors.
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CHARLES PALMER And what good is a voice when so few will listen?
STACEY JAY Percy was getting tired of water.
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The Q...
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RICK RIORDAN If not for the horses, Piper would've died.
RICK RIORDAN Pluto's pauldrons,” Reyna cursed.
RICK RIORDAN We still should have enough time to reach Rome.”
Hazel scowled. “When you say should hav...
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“You name your furniture?” Frank asked.
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The taxi driver grinned in...
RICK RIORDAN We have tears in our eyes
As we wave our goodbyes,
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“Tempting,” ...
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HARRIET MARTINEAU Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.
HARRIET LERNER We saw the lightning and that was the guns and then we heard the thunder and that was the big guns; ...
HARRIET TUBMAN I had crossed de line of which I had so long been dreaming. I was free; but dere was no one to welco...
HARRIET TUBMAN Always remember you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the sta...
HARRIET TUBMAN Laughter can be more satisfying than honor; more precious than money; more heart-cleansing than pray...
HARRIET ROCHLIN Fidelity to conscience is inconsistent with retiring modesty. If it be so, let the modesty succumb. ...
HARRIET MARTINEAU Destiny is something men select; women achieve it only by default or stupendous suffering.
HARRIET ROSENSTEIN Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing.
HARRIET BRAIKER For my own part, I had rather suffer any inconvenience from having to work occasionally in chambers ...
HARRIET MARTINEAU Readers are plentiful: thinkers are rare.
HARRIET MARTINEAU What office is there which involves more responsibility, which requires more qualifications, and whi...
HARRIET MARTINEAU I would fight for my liberty so long as my strength lasted, and if the time came for me to go, the...
HARRIET TUBMAN There have been few things in my life which have had a more genial effect on my mind than the posses...
HARRIET MARTINEAU Readers are plentiful; thinkers are rare.
HARRIET MARTINEAU Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.
HARRIET LERNER Twasn't me, 'twas the Lord! I always told Him, 'I trust to you. I don't know where t...
HARRIET TUBMAN I was the conductor of the Underground Railroad for eight years, and I can say what most conductors ...
HARRIET TUBMAN I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; ...
HARRIET TUBMAN As I lay so sick on my bed, from Christmas till March, I was always praying for poor ole master. ...
HARRIET TUBMAN I never had anything good, no sweet, no sugar; and that sugar, right by me, did look so nice, and my...
HARRIET TUBMAN Now I've been free, I know what a dreadful condition slavery is. I have seen hundreds of escaped...
HARRIET TUBMAN I grew up like a neglected weed - ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it.
HARRIET TUBMAN I had crossed the line. I was free; but there was no one to welcome me to the land of freedom. I was...
HARRIET TUBMAN Most of those coming from the mainland are very destitute, almost naked. I am trying to find places ...
HARRIET TUBMAN There are many women with children under five who want to work and who lack affordable, high-quality...
HARRIET HARMAN Everyone's allowed to be in love with the wrong person at some point. In fact, it's a mistake not to...
HARRIET EVANS I've heard 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' read, and I tell you Mrs. Stowe's pen hasn't ...
HARRIET TUBMAN I am sure that no traveler seeing things through author spectacles can see them as they are.
HARRIET MARTINEAU In my dreams and visions, I seemed to see a line, and on the other side of that line were green fiel...
HARRIET TUBMAN I think slavery is the next thing to hell. If a person would send another into bondage, he would, it...
HARRIET TUBMAN I just like watching people who really are not self-conscious, who aren't aware, because I fear ...
HARRIET WALTER Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralising.
HARRIET BRAIKER Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing.
HARRIET BRAIKER Intimate relationships cannot substitute for a life plan. But to have any meaning or viability at al...
HARRIET LERNER You can stand tall without standing on someone. You can be a victor without having victims.
HARRIET WOODS If a test of civilization be sought, none can be so sure as the condition of that half of society ov...
HARRIET MARTINEAU You better live your best and act your best and think your best today, for today is the sure prepara...
HARRIET MARTINEAU You had better live your best and act your best and think your best today; for today is the sure pre...
HARRIET MARTINEAU I am sure that no traveler seeing things through author spectacles can see them as they are
HARRIET MARTINEAU I'm not very good at going to sleep, and that's probably my worst problem. I don't need ...
HARRIET WALTER The administrative suspension was lifted as soon as my dues were received.
HARRIET MIERS We needed to encourage additional African-American, Mexican-American representation on the council.
HARRIET MIERS I believe employers should be able to pick the best qualified for any position to be filled consider...
HARRIET MIERS I don't know off hand. Let me ask Thomas and Scalia what they think.
HARRIET MIERS Obviously, we evaluated that this was the right time to settle and to resolve this matter and that i...
HARRIET MIERS I truly believe if the governor told her she should be an Astronaut, she would do her best to become...
HARRIET MIERS The strongest relationships are between two people who can live without each other but don't want to...
HARRIET LERNER