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Quotes on "Tolerance"
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It is easy to be tolerant of the principles of other people if you have none of your own.
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Herbert Samuel
1870-1963, British Liberal Statesman , Philosophical Writer
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When tolerance is not afforded to those so well-deserved, it speaks ill of the one who feels he cannot afford to give it.
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No human trait deserves less tolerance in everyday life, and gets less, than intolerance.
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Giacomo Leopardi
1798-1837, Italian Poet, Scholar
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To tolerate everything is too teach nothing.
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F. J. Kinsman
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People are very open-minded about new things. As long as they are exactly like the old ones.
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Charles F. Kettering
1876-1958, American Engineer, Inventor
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Pass no rash condemnation on other peoples words or actions.
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Thomas ã Kempis
1379-1471, German Monk, Mystic, Religious Writer
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Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.
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Helen Keller
1880-1968, American Blind/Deaf Author, Lecturer, Amorist
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The highest result of education is tolerance.
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Helen Keller
1880-1968, American Blind/Deaf Author, Lecturer, Amorist
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Intolerance is the most socially acceptable form of egotism, for it permits us to assume superiority without personal boasting.
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Sidney J. Harris
1917-, American Journalist
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Tolerance and celebration of individual differences is the fire that fuels lasting love.
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Tom Hannah
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Tolerance is a tremendous virtue, but the immediate neighbors of tolerance are apathy and weakness.
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Sir James Goldsmith
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I have seen great intolerance shown in support of tolerance.
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge
1772-1834, British Poet, Critic, Philosopher
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