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Quotations about stubbornness

Leo TolstoyI know that most men, including those at ease with problems of the greatest complexity, can seldom accept even the simplest and most obvious truth if it be such as would oblige them to admit the falsity of conclusions which they have delighted in explaining to colleagues, which they have proudly taught to others, and which they have woven, thread by thread, into the fabric of their lives.

 - Leo Tolstoy

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Michel de MontaigneObstinacy and heat in argument are surest proofs of folly. Is there anything so stubborn, obstinate, disdainful, contemplative, grave, or serious, as an ass?

 - Michel de Montaigne

Tags:   arguments  obstinacy  stubbornness