Our prejudices are our mistresses; reason is at best our wife, very often heard indeed, but seldom minded. (Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield)

Our prejudices are our mistresses; reason is at best our wife, very often heard indeed, but seldom minded.

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

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