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“The Master was entirely free from four things: prejudice, foregone conclusions, obstinacy, and egoism.”

Four Masters Prejudice Conclusion Egoism Obstinacy

Author:Confucius

“One of the genuine phenomenons over the past four decades has been the liberal community's steadfast insistence that God should be barred from the public sphere. This is not law. It is religious prejudice.”

Should Has Beens Past Law Community Religious Four Prejudice Decades Genuine Phenomenon Spheres Over The Past Steadfast Insistence Religious Prejudice

Author:Armstrong Williams

“There are four chief obstacles in grasping truth ... namely, submission to faulty and unworthy authority, influence of custom, popular prejudice, and the concealment of our own ignorance accompanied by an ostentatious display of our knowledge.”

Four Influence Ignorance Authority Prejudice Obstacles Chiefs Customs Display Submission Unworthy Grasping Concealment Ostentatious

Book:Opus Majus, Volumes 1 and 2

Source: Opus Majus, Volumes 1 and 2

“He smiled understandingly-much more than understandingly. It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life. It faced--or seemed to face--the whole eternal world for an instant, and then concentrated on you with an irresistible prejudice in your favor. It understood you just as far as you wanted to be understood, believed in you as you would like to believe in yourself, and assured you that it had precisely the impression of you that, at your best, you hoped to convey.”

Source: O Grande Gatsby: The Great Gatsby: Edição bilíngue português - inglês

“Cats are cats . . . the world over! These intelligent, peace-loving, four-footed friends- who are without prejudice, without hate, without greed- may someday teach us something. -James Mackintosh Qwilleran”

World May Hate Teach Four Cat Prejudice Intelligent Greed Someday

Author:Lilian Jackson Braun

“Show me a man or a woman alone and I'll show you a saint. Give me two and they'll fall in love. Give me three and they'll invent the charming thing we call 'society'. Give me four and they'll build a pyramid. Give me five and they'll make one an outcast. Give me six and they'll reinvent prejudice. Give me seven and in seven years they'll reinvent warfare. Man may have been made in the image of God, but human society was made in the image of His opposite number, and is always trying to get back home.”

Source: The Stand

“Oh! Single, my dear, to be sure! A single man of large fortune; four or five thousand a year. What a fine thing for our girls!”

Men Years Girl Five Four Fine Thousand Prejudice Fortune Dear Single Man Fine Things Mrs Bennet

Book:Pride and Prejudice

Source: Pride and Prejudice

“Over the next four years, I will continue to listen to different views and accept different suggestions.”

Years Different Next Views Accepting Four Prejudice Four Years Suggestions Different Views

Author:Chen Shui-bian