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The liberally educated person is one who is able to resist the easy and preferred answers, not because he is obstinate but because he knows others worthy of consideration. ↗

— Allan Bloom

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The passion of hatred is so long lived and so obstinate a malady that the surest sign of death in a sick person is their desire for reconciliation. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

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Hence my obstinate emphasis on stylistic continuity from work to work rather than specific sibling relationships between the individual work and other members of its stylistic 'family' in the world outside. ↗

— Brian Ferneyhough

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True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubteth not; he knoweth all things but his own ignorance. ↗

— Akhenaton

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Vanity dies hard; in some obstinate cases it outlives the man. ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

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Nothing so obstinately stands in the way of all sorts of progress as pride of opinion. While nothing is so foolish and baseless. ↗

— J. G. Holland

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I remain convinced that obstinate addiction to ordinary language in our private thoughts is one of the main obstacles to progress in philosophy. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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Bigot: One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

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Men of integrity are generally pretty obstinate, in adhering to an opinion once adopted. ↗

— William Cobbett

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I am firm. You are obstinate. He is a pig-headed fool. ↗

— Katharine Whitehorn

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