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stubbornly

Adverb

Meaning

in a stubborn unregenerate manner

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In the measure to which a man cuts off and humbles his own will, he proceeds toward success. But insofar as he stubbornly guards his own will, so much does he brings harm to himself. Ephrem the Syrian

The distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion. Albert Einstein

I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain. James Baldwin

[.. ] the values to which people cling most stubbornly under inappropriate conditions are those values that were previously the source of their greatest triumphs. Jared Diamond

The brain acknowledged the approach of death while the heart stubbornly insisted upon immortality. Dean Koontz

The miser will stubbornly live poorly in order to die rich. Spanish Proverb

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