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There is a story of an Oxford student who once remarked, "I despise all Americans, but have never met one I didn't like."


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People who are aware of, and ashamed of, their prejudices are well on the road to eliminating them.

People who are aware of, and ashamed of, their prejudices are well on the road to eliminating them.



Personality is and does something...It is what lies behind specific acts and within the individual

Personality is and does something...It is what lies behind specific acts and within the individual



Many studies have discovered a close link between prejudice and "patriotism" . . . Extreme bigots are almost always super-patriots.

Many studies have discovered a close link between prejudice and "patriotism" . . . Extreme bigots are almost always super-patriots.



Prejudgments become prejudices only if they are not reversible when exposed to new knowledge.

Prejudgments become prejudices only if they are not reversible when exposed to new knowledge.



Love received and love given comprise the best form of therapy.

Love received and love given comprise the best form of therapy.



Life is too short so we must generalize.

Life is too short so we must generalize.



The mature religious sentiment is ordinarily fashioned in the workshop of doubt.

The mature religious sentiment is ordinarily fashioned in the workshop of doubt.



Each person is an idiom unto himself, an apparent violation of the syntax of the species.

Each person is an idiom unto himself, an apparent violation of the syntax of the species.



It takes a major unhappiness, a prolonged and bitter experience, to drive us away from loyalties once formed. And sometimes no amount of punishment can make us repudiate our loyalty.

It takes a major unhappiness, a prolonged and bitter experience, to drive us away from loyalties once formed. And sometimes no amount of punishment can make us repudiate our loyalty.



As partisans of our own way of life, we cannot help thinking in a partisan manner.

As partisans of our own way of life, we cannot help thinking in a partisan manner.





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If a man has ten good qualities and one bad one, to look at the ten and forget the one, and if a man has ten bad qualities and one good one, to look at the one and forget the ten.

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For those who are ready the door to the deathless state is open. If you have ears give up the conditions that bind you and enter in.



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The word "tip" stands for "to insure promptness." So when should you give it? Up front,of course. Sophisticated people don't take chances on poor service, they insure good service.

The word "tip" stands for "to insure promptness." So when should you give it? Up front,of course. Sophisticated people don't take chances on poor service, they insure good service.



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I do not understand why, when I ask for grilled lobster in a restaurant, I'm never served a cooked telephone.



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Gallantry thrives most in the atmosphere of the court.




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