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obstinate

«Life is obstinate and clings closest where it is most hated.»
«A cantankerous press, an obstinate press, a ubiquitous press, must be suffered by those in authority in order to preserve the right of the people to know.»
«Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass; / I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.»
«But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: hardened, obstinate, pass by, Sihon
«Nothing is more obstinate than a fashionable consensus.»
«I prefer an accommodating vice to an obstinate virtue»
«My great mistake, the fault for which I can't forgive myself, is that one day I ceased my obstinate pursuit of my own individuality.»
«Few men are so obstinate in their atheism, that a pressing danger will not compel them to the acknowledgement of a divine power»
«An obstinate man does not hold opinions, but they hold him»
Author: Samuel Butler | Keywords: obstinate
«Fools and obstinate men make rich lawyers»
Author: Spanish Proverb | About: Law and lawyers | Keywords: lawyers, obstinate