OBSTINATE, adj. Inaccessible to the truth as it is manifest in the splendor and stress of our advocacy. (Ambrose Bierce)

OBSTINATE, adj. Inaccessible to the truth as it is manifest in the splendor and stress of our advocacy.

Ambrose Bierce

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