68 Prejudices quotes and Prejudices definition

The prejudices of ignorance are more easily removed than the prejudices of interest; the first are all blindly adopted, the second willfully preferred.

George Bancroft

Words: prejudices, ignorance, more, easily, removed, interest, first, all, blindly, adopted, second, willfully, preferred

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Prejudices are so to speak the mechanical instincts of men: through their prejudices they do without any effort many things they would find too difficult to think through to the point of resolving to do them.

George Bancroft

Words: prejudices, speak, mechanical, instincts, men, through, any, effort, things, find, difficult, think, point, resolving

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Prejudices in disfavor of a person fix deeper, and are much more difficult to be removed, than prejudices in favor.

George Bancroft

Words: prejudices, disfavor, person, fix, deeper, more, difficult, removed, favor

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The paradoxes of today are the prejudices of tomorrow, since the most benighted and the most deplorable prejudices have had their moment of novelty when fashion lent them its fragile grace.

George Bancroft

Words: paradoxes, today, prejudices, tomorrow, Benighted, deplorable, moment, novelty, fashion, lent, fragile, grace

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Beware prejudices. They are like rats, and men's minds are like traps; prejudices get in easily, but it is doubtful if they ever get out.

George Bancroft

Words: beware, prejudices, rats, mens, minds, traps, get, easily, doubtful, ever

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Science, almost from its beginnings, has been truly international in character. National prejudices disappear completely in the scientist's search for truth.

George Bancroft

Words: science, almost, beginnings, truly, international, character, national, prejudices, disappear, completely, scientists, search, truth

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I want to make a summing up, brief and to the point, but thorough. I have never suppressed a word in my books out of regard for other people and their prejudices.

George Bancroft

Words: want, make, summing, brief, point, thorough, never, suppressed, word, books, regard, other, people, prejudices

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You have to liberate yourself first from the prejudices of the world in which you live.

George Bancroft

Words: liberate, first, prejudices, world, live

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From their experience or from the recorded experience of others (history), men learn only what their passions and their metaphysical prejudices allow them to learn.

George Bancroft

Words: experience, recorded, history, men, learn, passions, metaphysical, prejudices, allow

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I have plenty of political views and plenty of social and personal prejudices. I do not, however, value them.

George Bancroft

Words: plenty, political, views, social, personal, prejudices, however, value

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The air is the only place free from prejudices.

George Bancroft

Words: air, place, free, prejudices

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Our prejudices are our mistresses; reason is at best our wife, very often heard indeed, but seldom minded.

George Bancroft

Words: prejudices, mistresses, reason, best, wife, very, often, heard, indeed, seldom, minded

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Bad company is as instructive as licentiousness. One makes up for the loss of one's innocence with the loss of one's prejudices.

George Bancroft

Words: bad, company, instructive, licentiousness, one, makes, loss, ones, innocence, prejudices

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Prejudices save time.

George Bancroft

Words: prejudices, save, time

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Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions.

George Bancroft

Words: people, capable, expressing, equanimity, opinions, differ, prejudices, social, environment, incapable, forming

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It is never too late to give up our prejudices.

George Bancroft

Words: never, late, give, prejudices

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One may no more live in the world without picking up the moral prejudices of the world than one will be able to go to hell without perspiring.

George Bancroft

Words: one, may, more, live, world, picking, moral, prejudices, will, able, hell, perspiring

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Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.

George Bancroft

Words: common, sense, collection, prejudices, acquired, age, eighteen

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For those who do not think, it is best at least to rearrange their prejudices once in a while.

George Bancroft

Words: think, best, least, rearrange, prejudices, once, while

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It is well for people who think to change their minds occasionally in order to keep them clean. For those who do not think, it is best at least to rearrange their prejudices once in a while.

George Bancroft

Words: well, people, think, change, minds, occasionally, order, keep, clean, best, least, rearrange, prejudices, once, while

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