"We rarely ever perceive others as being..." - Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld
We rarely ever perceive others as being sensible, except for those who agree with us.
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“It is a wearisome disease to preserve health by too strict a regimen.”
“We label judges with having the meanest motives, and yet we desire that our reputation and fame should depend upon the judgment of men, who are all, either from their jealousy or preoccupation or want of intelligence, opposed to us - and yet despite their bias, just for the sake of making these men decide in our favor, we peril in so many ways both our peace and our life.”
“The shame that arises from praise which we do not deserve often makes us do things we should otherwise never have attempted.”
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“Millions of items in the outward order are present to my senses which never properly enter into my experience. Why? Because they have no interest for me. My experience is what I agree to attend to. Only those items which I notice shape my mind --without selective interest, experience is an utter chaos.”
“Don't believe everything you hear: Real eyes, Realize, Real lies”
“Tolerance and patience should not be read as signs of weakness.They are signs of strength.”
More on Bias
“The opinion that art should have nothing to do with politics is itself a political attitude.”
“The first opinion that occurs to us when we are suddenly asked about something is usually not our own but only the current one pertaining to our class, position, or parentage; our own opinions seldom swim on the surface.”
“Every word is a prejudice.”