"prejudices of taste, likings and dislikings, are not always vanquishable by reason ..."

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Source : Mary Russell Mitford (1870). “Our Village: Sketches of Rural Character and Scenery”, p.32

Mary Russell Mitford

#Taste Quotes #Prejudice Quotes #Reason Quotes

“Two hundred years ago, our precursors in Haiti struck a blow for freedom, which was heard around the world, and across centuries.”
“The seed must move to the soil; the tree must turn to the sun. The river must leave its source to reach the sea. And man must forget man, the maker, in order to make the world.”

Source : Harry Hooton (1961). “It is Great to be Alive”
“I was into comics because these were my real male role models, even though at the time, I didn't know it.”
“The fundamental law of truth is that it penetrates through all darkness.”
“Only he who is helpless can truly pray.”
“The past and the future become unimportant. There is only that moment, and the incredible certainty that everything under the sun has been written by one hand only. It is the hand that evokes love, and creates a twin soul for every person in the world. Without such love, oneâ€™s dreams would have no meaning.”
“Immigration is one of the leading contributors to population growth.”
“From a political perspective, it is important to uphold certain universal principles so that, for example, you can condemn both Islamist forms of violence and injustice as well as forms of violence and injustice from other groups - some superpowers, for example, or the English Defence League, as other examples.”

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