Jonathan SwiftIt is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into.
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It is futile to try to convince a person who has not been persuaded in the first place. The quote by Thomas Carlyle means that you will be wasting your time trying to change a person's mind or opinion.
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- May you live every day of your life.
- We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.
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