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title: "6 Difficult Persuade Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [“For it will be very difficult to persuade men of sense that he who with dry eyes and satisfaction of mind can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/for-it-will-be-very-difficult-to-persuade-men-of-sense-that-he-who/)

[John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/)

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> [“There is nothing so difficult as to persuade men that they are ignorant. Bertha, exaggerating the seriousness of the affair, thought it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/there-is-nothing-so-difficult-as-to-persuade-men-that-they-are/)

[W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/)

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> [Men give us most rarely that which we really want, not favor, but - Justice. Nothing is easier than to coax them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-power-cobbe/men-give-us-most-rarely-that-which-we-really-want-not-favor-but/)

[Frances Power Cobbe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-power-cobbe/)

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> [It is difficult to persuade mankind that the love of virtue is the love of themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/it-is-difficult-to-persuade-mankind-that-the-love-of-virtue-is-the/)

[Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/)

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> [There must be several young women who would render the Christian life intensely difficult to him if only you could persuade him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cs-lewis/there-must-be-several-young-women-who-would-render-the-christian-life/)

[CS Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cs-lewis/)

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> [You can persuade a man to believe almost anything provided he is clever enough, but it is much more difficult to persuade…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/you-can-persuade-a-man-to-believe-almost-anything-provided-he-is/)

[Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/)

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