Talk:Obstinacy

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• People first abandon reason, and then become obstinate; and the deeper they are in error the more angry they are.
  • Blair

• An obstinate man does not hold opinions, but they hold him.
  • Alexander Pope

• Most other passions have their periods of fatigue and rest, their suffering and their cure; but obstinacy has no resource, and the first wound is mortal.
  • Thomas Paine

• Narrowness of mind is often the cause of obstinacy; we do not easily believe beyond what we see.
  • La Rochefoucauld

• Obstinacy and vehemency in opinion are the surest proofs of stupidity.
  • Barton