Samuel Johnson Quotes About Prejudice
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Few men survey themselves with so much severity as not to admit prejudices in their own favor.
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Few men survey themselves with so much severity as not to admit prejudices in their own favour, which an artful flatterer may gradually strengthen, till wishes for a particular qualification are improved to hopes of attainment, and hopes of attainment to belief of possession.
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Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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Youth enters the world with very happy prejudices in her own favor. She imagines herself not only certain of accomplishing every adventure, but of obtaining those rewards which the accomplishment may deserve. She is not easily persuaded to believe that the force of merit can be resisted by obstinacy and avarice, or its luster darkened by envy and malignity.
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There are in every age new errors to be rectified and new prejudices to be opposed.
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Youth enters the world with very happy prejudices in her own favour.
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To be prejudiced is always to be weak; yet there are prejudices so near to laudable that they have been often praised and are always pardoned.
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Prejudice is a great time-saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts. Prejudice not being founded on reason cannot be removed by argument.
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