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Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.

“Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson, Journals (1838-11-08)

Author YahooeyPosted on November 29, 2017November 21, 2017Categories QuotationsTags contradiction, persecution, Ralph Waldo Emerson, victimLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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He argues best who never contradicts.

“He argues best who never contradicts.” — Edward Owings Towne, Aphorisms of the Three Threes

Author YahooeyPosted on November 10, 2014October 12, 2014Categories QuotationsTags argument, contradiction, debate, Edward Owings TowneLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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The person you are most afraid to contradict is yourself.

“The person you are most afraid to contradict is yourself.” — Nassim Taleb, The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms

Author YahooeyPosted on October 23, 2014September 9, 2014Categories QuotationsTags cognitive dissonance, contradiction, ego, Egotistical bias, Nassim Taleb, The Bed of ProcrustesLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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Abject flattery and indiscriminate assentation degrade, as much as indiscriminate contradiction and noisy debate disgust.

“Abject flattery and indiscriminate assentation degrade, as much as indiscriminate contradiction and noisy debate disgust.” — Philip Stanhope, Letters To His Son, 10 August 1749

Author YahooeyPosted on April 29, 2014February 9, 2016Categories QuotationsTags contradiction, flattery, Letters To His Son, Philip Stanhope, yes-menLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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