aversion to
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Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor but even supposing knowledge to be easily attainable, more people would be content to be ignorant than would take even a little trouble to acquire it.
My aversion to them...springs from the perniciousness of that sect to society-I hate Papists, as a man, not as a Protestant. If Papists were only enemies to the religion of other men, I should overlook their errors. As they are foes to liberty, I cannot forgive them.
What we have to learn, in both meditation and in life, is to be free of attachment to the good experiences, and free of aversion to the negative ones.
If we could be freed from our aversion to loss, our whole outlook on risk would change.
Our aversion to lying is commonly a secret ambition to make what we say considerable, and have every word received with a religious respect.
I deeply detest social distinction and snobbery, and in that lies my strong aversion to titular honours.