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“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 to their own prejudice.”

Men May Turns Wise Fool Advantage Prejudice Accidents Fortunate Unfortunate

Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“When the sovereign spirit within us is true to nature, it stands poised and ready to adjust to every change in circumstances and to seize each new opportunity. It doesn't approach an object with prejudice or preconception, but handles each thing dispassionately before embracing it and, if necessary, finds advantage in what opposes it. It is like fire in this regard. Whereas a feeble flame might suffocate under a pile of dry sticks, a robust fire consumes everything it touches. The more objects of any kind heaped on it, the higher it rises, the hotter it burns.”

Source: The Emperor's Handbook: A New Translation of The Meditations

“Scientific reason, with its strict conscience, its lack of prejudice, and its determination to question every result again the moment it might lead to the least intellectual advantage, does in an area of secondary interest what we ought to be doing with the basic questions of life.”

Life Doe Reason Moments Might Interest Results Ought Intellectual Conscience Advantage Areas Determination Prejudice Strict

Book:Precision and Soul: Essays and Addresses

Source: Precision and Soul: Essays and Addresses

“Surely one advantage of traveling is that, while it removes much prejudice against foreigners and their customs, it intensifies tenfold one's appreciation of the good at home.”

Home Travel Advantage Prejudice Appreciation Remove Customs Foreigners

Book:A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains

Source: A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains

“Right now the topic of female empowerment is at the forefront of conversation and it's important we take advantage of the trend while there is added pressure to adjust long-standing beliefs, prejudices, and cultural discrimination.”

Long Important Belief Right Now Conversation Advantage Female Empowerment Standing Prejudice Pressure Discrimination Trends Topics Female Empowerment

Author:Gillian Anderson

“FOR a long time the conviction has been dimly felt in the community that, without prejudice to existing institutions, the legal day of weekly rest might be employed to advantage for purposes affecting the general good.”

Long Has Beens Might Purpose Felt Community Long Time Advantage Prejudice Institutions Conviction Employed

Author:Felix Adler

“Do you talk by rule, then, while you are dancing?" Sometimes. One must speak a little, you know. It would look odd to be entirely silent for half an hour together, and yet for the advantage of some, conversation ought to be so arranged as that they may have the trouble of saying as little as possible.”

Knows Looks May Littles Sometimes Together Speak Hours Half Trouble Ought Conversation Advantage Prejudice Dancing Silent Odd

Book:Pride and Prejudice

Source: Pride and Prejudice

“Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man, and our politicians take advantage of this prejudice by pretending to be even more stupid than nature has made them.”

Thinking Men Made Stills Politics Democracy Honest Stupid Politician Intellectual Advantage Prejudice Intelligence Clever Being Honest Pretending Clever Man Stupid Men

Author:Bertrand Russell

“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 to their own prejudice.”

Men Success Turns Events Achievement Draws Advantage Prejudice Fortunate

Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“Scientists are human-they're as biased as any other group. But they do have one great advantage in that science is a self-correcting process.”

Humans Self Science Process Groups Advantage Scientist Prejudice Biased Correcting

Author:Cyril Ponnamperuma

“The ordaining of laws in favor of one part of the nation, to the prejudice and oppression of another, is certainly the most erroneous and mistaken policy. An equal dispensation of protection, rights, privileges, and advantages, is what every part is entitled to, and ought to enjoy.”

Law Nations Enjoy Rights Policy Ought Equal Advantage Prejudice Privilege Protection Favors Oppression Entitled Mistaken Rights And Privileges

Book:The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Containing Several Political and Historical Tracts Not Included in Any Former Edition, and Many Letters, Official and Private Not Hitherto Published

Source: The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Containing Several Political and Historical Tracts Not Included in Any Former Edition, and Many Letters, Official and Private Not Hitherto Published

“When you assemble a number of men to have the advantage of their joint wisdom, you inevitably assemble with those men all their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests and their selfish views.”

Men Wisdom Passion Interest Views Numbers Opinion Advantage Prejudice Errors Selfish Locals Joints

Author:Benjamin Franklin

“But I have contrived an explanation which has every advantage; is inviting to christians of every communion; gradually frees them from all religious prejudices; cultivates the social virtues; and animates them by a great, a feasable, a speedy prospect of universal happiness, in a state of liberty and moral equality, freed from the obstacles which subordination, rank, and riches, continually throw in our way. My explanation is accurate and complete, my means are effectual, and irresistable. Our secret association works in a way that nothing can withstand, and man shall soon be free and happy.”