Our prejudices are our mistresses; reason is at best our wife, very of…

Lord Chesterfield
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Our prejudices are our mistresses; reason is at best our wife, very often heard indeed, but seldom minded. ✨ Lord Chesterfield (1998). Lord Chesterfield's Letters, p.292, OUP Oxford
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