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Prejudice Quotes by Francois de La Rochefoucauld
- There are no events so disastrous that adroit men do not draw some advantage from them, nor any so fortunate that the imprudent cannot turn…
- Avarice misapprehends itself almost always. There is no passion which more often will miss its aim, nor upon which the present has so much influence…
- There is no accident so unfortunate but wise men will make some advantage of it, nor any so entirely fortunate but fools may turn it…
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- I am on the right wing of the middle of the road and with a strong radical bias. — Tony Benn
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- Prejudice - a vagrant opinion without visible means of support. — Ambrose Bierce
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