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Letter "N" » narrow-minded
«One could not be a successful scientist without realizing that, in contrast to the popular conception supported by newspapers and mothers of scientists, a goodly number of scientists are not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid.»
«It is just as cowardly to judge an absent person as it is wicked to strike a defenseless one. Only the ignorant and narrow-minded gossip, for they speak of persons instead of things.»
Author: Lawrence G. Lovasik
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Priest)
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About:
Judgement
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Keywords:
absent,
absents,
as it is,
cowardly,
defenseless,
gossip,
gossiping,
minded,
narrow-minded,
narrow,
narrow mind,
persons,
strike,
wicked
«He was so narrow minded that if he fell on a pin it would blind him in both eyes»
«It is better to be high-spirited even though one makes more mistakes, than to be narrow-minded and all to prudent.»
Author: Vincent van Gogh
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Painter)
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Keywords:
good spirit,
high-spirited,
high,
High Ones,
in good spirits,
minded,
narrow-minded,
narrow,
narrowed,
narrower,
narrowest,
narrowing,
narrows,
narrow mind,
prudent,
spirited,
though
«Had it not been for you, I should have remained what I was when we first met, a prejudiced, narrow-minded being, with contracted sympathies and false knowledge, wasting my life on obsolete trifles, and utterly insensible to the privilege of living in this wondrous age of change and progress.»
Author: Benjamin Disraeli
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Novelist,
Prime Minister)
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Keywords:
contracted,
insensible,
narrow-minded,
obsolete,
prejudiced,
remained,
sympathies,
trifles,
wasting,
wondrous
«The broad-minded see the truth in different religions; the narrow-minded see only the differences»
Author: Chinese Proverbs
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About:
Mind
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Keywords:
broad-minded,
broad,
broadest,
broads,
differences,
minded,
narrow-minded,
narrow,
narrowed,
narrower,
narrowest,
narrowing,
narrows,
narrow mind,
religions
«The narrow-minded who undertake any work will never be satisfied. They cannot understand the actions of those who are large hearted and broad-minded.»
«A politician is not as narrow-minded as he forces himself to be.»
«The most learned are often the most narrow minded.»