#prejudice

Do you know what we call opinion in the absence of evidence? We call it prejudice. ↗

— Michael Crichton

#fiction #prejudice #science #science

The greatest and noblest pleasure which men can have in this world is to discover new truths; and the next is to shake off old prejudices. ↗

— Frederick The Great

#prejudices #truths #men

I am determined that only the deepest love will induce me into matrimony. So... I shall end an old maid, and teach your ten children to embroider cushions and play their instruments very ill. ↗

— Jane Austen

#pride-and-prejudice #love

Never judge others. You both know good and well how unexpected events can change who a person is. Always keep that in mind. You never know what someone else is experiencing within their own life. ↗

— Colleen Hoover

#prejudice #change

If someone is able to show me that what I think or do is not right, I will happily change, for I seek the truth, by which no one was ever truly harmed. It is the person who continues in his self-deception and ignorance who is harmed. ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

#prejudice #truth #change

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. ↗

— Martin Luther King Jr.

#dream #inspirational #prejudice #race #dreams

What on earth did you say to Isola? She stopped in on her way to pick up Pride and Prejudice and to berate me for never telling her about Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy. Why hadn't she known there were better love stories around? Stories not riddled with ill-adjusted men, anguish, death and graveyards! ↗

— Mary Ann Shaffer

#leading-men #literature #pride-and-prejudice #romance #death

After a moment, he added more seriously: 'I don't get as angry as m'father used to about things. Or maybe I', just better at hiding m'feelings.' 'I fear I'm not very good at hiding my feelings.' He covered my hand with his own. 'That's what I like about you. I liked it from the first. You're so different from the others. ↗

— Jennifer Paynter

#divine #jane-austen #jennifer-paynter #love #mary-bennet

I saw that he was looking anxious. 'I thought you weren't coming.' As he spoke, he grasped my hand. And if the sight of him had not quite restored the magic, the touch of him most certainly did. 'You're not wishing yourself some place else, Mary? ↗

— Jennifer Paynter

#earnestness #fear #hope #jane-austen #jennifer-paynter

Ah yes.' Peter's tone was scornful. 'And they must always be paid before the poor tradesmen's bills, mustn't they?' 'They must indeed. They are debts of honour.' 'Oh, Mary.' He leant over and kissed me quickly. 'What a lot we'll have to argue about after we're married. ↗

— Jennifer Paynter

#jennifer-paynter #love #mary-bennet #peter-bushell #pride-and-prejudice