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Albert Einstein

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.

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Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen. by Einstein Albert

Albert Einstein

To know that what is impenetrable to us really exists, manifesting itself as the highest wisdom and the most radiant beauty, which our dull facilities can comprehend only in the […] www.english-slang.com

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Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions. www.english-slang.com

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Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses […] www.english-slang.com

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