Quotes with obstinacy

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  • Sir Thomas Browne Obstinacy in a bad cause is but constancy in a good.
    Sir Thomas Browne
    British author, physician and philosopher (1605 - 1682)
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  • Carl von Clausewitz Obstinacy is a fault of temperament. Stubbornness and intolerance of contradiction result from a special kind of egotism, which elevates above everything else the pleasure of its autonomous intellect, to which others must bow.
    On War (1832)
    Carl von Clausewitz
    Prussian general and military theorist (1780 - 1831)
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  • Arthur Schopenhauer Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect.
    Arthur Schopenhauer
    German philosopher (1788 - 1860)
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  • Michel Eyquem De Montaigne Obstinacy is the sister of constancy, at least in vigor and stability.
    Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
    French essayist and philosopher (1533 - 1592)
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  • Man Ray One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
    Man Ray
    American visual artist (1890 - 1976)
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  • J. Swartz Steadfastness is a noble quality, but unguided by knowledge or humility it becomes rashness or obstinacy.
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  • Henry Ward Beecher The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.
    Henry Ward Beecher
    American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker (1813 - 1887)
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  • Harriet Beecher Stowe The obstinacy of cleverness and reason is nothing to the obstinacy of folly and inanity.
    Harriet Beecher Stowe
    American Novelist (1811 - 1896)
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