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Bertrand Russell1 quote
Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones. — Bertrand Russell · 1950Blaise Pascal1 quote
The skeptical are the most credulous. — Blaise Pascal · 1662Demosthenes1 quote
Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true. — Demosthenes · 349 BCFrancis Bacon1 quote
For what a man had rather were true he more readily believes. — Francis Bacon · 1620Gaius Petronius1 quote
A man who is always ready to believe what is told him will never do well. — Gaius Petronius · 66Henri Poincare1 quote
To doubt everything and to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; each saves us from thinking. — Henri Poincare · 1902Jean-Jacques Rousseau1 quote
Hatred, as well as love, renders its votaries credulous. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau · 1781Julius Caesar1 quote
Men are nearly always willing to believe what they wish. — Julius Caesar · 49 BCMark Twain1 quote
There is nothing more awe-inspiring than a miracle except the credulity that can take it at par. — Mark Twain · 1904Orville Wright1 quote
If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be little hope of advance. — Orville Wright · 1908William Shakespeare1 quote
He takes false shadows for true substances. — William Shakespeare · 1594