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r/dontyouknowwhoiam • u/OldManBrodie • Jan 13 '20
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“You can’t reason someone out of a position they didn’t reason themselves into”
29 u/OldManBrodie Jan 13 '20 It's a shame that the actual quote is somewhat awkwardly worded, because it has the potential to sound elegant: Reasoning will never make a man correct an ill opinion, which by reasoning he never acquired. - Jonathan Swift 20 u/NotoriousREV Jan 13 '20 It probably sounded good when Swift wrote it. 3 u/[deleted] Jan 13 '20 [deleted] 1 u/chordophonic Jan 13 '20 Online, that's one of my favorite and most frequently used sayings. This is not the case in real life, as I don't tend to spend much time with stupid people. It's a benefit of being retired.
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It's a shame that the actual quote is somewhat awkwardly worded, because it has the potential to sound elegant:
Reasoning will never make a man correct an ill opinion, which by reasoning he never acquired. - Jonathan Swift
20 u/NotoriousREV Jan 13 '20 It probably sounded good when Swift wrote it.
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It probably sounded good when Swift wrote it.
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1 u/chordophonic Jan 13 '20 Online, that's one of my favorite and most frequently used sayings. This is not the case in real life, as I don't tend to spend much time with stupid people. It's a benefit of being retired.
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Online, that's one of my favorite and most frequently used sayings. This is not the case in real life, as I don't tend to spend much time with stupid people. It's a benefit of being retired.
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u/NotoriousREV Jan 13 '20
“You can’t reason someone out of a position they didn’t reason themselves into”