A quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson

Because I have reached Paris, I am not ashamed of having passed through Newhaven and Dieppe. They were very good places to pass through, and I am none the less at my destination. All my old opinions were only stages on the way to the one I now hold, as itself is only a stage on the way to something else.

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poet
Essay (1878-03), “Crabbed Age and Youth,” Cornhill Magazine, Vol. 37

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A quotation from Cicero

No philosopher ever yet — and there has been a great deal written upon the subject — defined a mere change of plan as vacillation.
 
[Nemo doctus umquam (multa autem de hoc genere scripta sunt) mutationem consili inconstantiam dixit esse.]

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Epistulae ad Atticum [Letters to Atticus], Book 16, Letter 7, sec. 3 (16.7.3) (44 BC) [tr. Shuckburgh (1900), # 780]

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A quotation from Cicero, Marcus Tullius:

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Unchanging consistency of standpoint has never been considered a virtue in great statesmen.

[Numquam enim in praestantibus in re publica gubernanda viris laudata est in una sententia perpetua permansio.]
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https://wist.info/cicero-marcus-tullius/559/

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@tg9541 I haven't checked the contents of the new IL-issue yet. Not sure when I can. One article, however, the one about argumentation and change of minds, brought to my mind a short comment I made to Catarina Dutilh Novaes's 2023 article with an almost identical title: https://mastodontti.fi/@lupposofi/110628576055189639

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A quotation from Wilde, Oscar:

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LADY BRACKNELL: I dislike arguments of any kind. They are always vulgar, and often convincing.
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https://wist.info/wilde-oscar/70984/

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Lazada Malaysia Introduces New Return & Refund Policies #changeofmind #ecommerce #lazada #policies #policy #refund #return

https://www.lowyat.net/2024/326197/lazada-new-return-refund-policies-2024/

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~ Eventually we all have to choose a specific path we take in life. It'll affect not only our immediate plans but our #everlastinglife 💫
Will we humble ourselves before The Lord God Almighty yielding to #GODSsovereignty or, continue #selfreliant in our #pride #selfishness & even #rebelliousness ?

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Shopee To Support “Change Of Mind” Returns Starting Next Month #changeofmind #ecommerce #refund #shopee

https://www.lowyat.net/2024/317263/shopee-change-of-mind-returns/

A quotation from Austen, Jane:

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It is particularly incumbent on those who never change their opinion, to be secure of judging properly at first.
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https://wist.info/austen-jane/65279/

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A quotation from Joubert, Joseph:

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Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love truth.
[Ceux qui ne se rétractent jamais s’aiment phis que la vérité.]
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https://wist.info/joubert-joseph/2188/

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A quotation from Maugham, W. Somerset:

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The Vicar of Blackstable would have nothing to do with the scheme which Philip laid before him. He had a great idea that one should stick to whatever one had begun. Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one’s mind.
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https://wist.info/maugham-william-somerset/37249/

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A quotation from Lowell, James Russell:

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This imputation of inconsistency is one to which every sound politician and every honest thinker must sooner or later subject himself. The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.
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https://wist.info/lowell-james-russell/2611/

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A timelapse video of my daily commute home filmed with my iPhone 13 Pro mounted with @peakdesignltd@twitter.com “Out Front Bike Mount” on my handlebar #fun #changeofmind
https://vimeo.com/681959717