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Credulity11 quotes
For what a man had rather were true he more readily believes. — Francis Bacon · 1620Hatred, as well as love, renders its votaries credulous. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau · 1781He takes false shadows for true substances. — William Shakespeare · 1594To doubt everything and to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; each saves us from thinking. — Henri Poincare · 1902Men are nearly always willing to believe what they wish. — Julius Caesar · 49 BCThe skeptical are the most credulous. — Blaise Pascal · 1662All 11 quotes →Doubt and skepticism5 quotes
To doubt everything and to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; each saves us from thinking. — Henri Poincare · 1902The skeptical are the most credulous. — Blaise Pascal · 1662There is nothing more awe-inspiring than a miracle except the credulity that can take it at par. — Mark Twain · 1904A man who is always ready to believe what is told him will never do well. — Gaius Petronius · 66If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be little hope of advance. — Orville Wright · 1908Human nature2 quotes
For what a man had rather were true he more readily believes. — Francis Bacon · 1620Men are nearly always willing to believe what they wish. — Julius Caesar · 49 BCAppearance vs. reality1 quote
He takes false shadows for true substances. — William Shakespeare · 1594Beliefs1 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 · 1950Critical thinking1 quote
To doubt everything and to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; each saves us from thinking. — Henri Poincare · 1902Deception1 quote
He takes false shadows for true substances. — William Shakespeare · 1594Delusion1 quote
Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true. — Demosthenes · 349 BCMiracles1 quote
There is nothing more awe-inspiring than a miracle except the credulity that can take it at par. — Mark Twain · 1904Nature of man1 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 · 1950Thinking for oneself1 quote
A man who is always ready to believe what is told him will never do well. — Gaius Petronius · 66Truth1 quote
Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true. — Demosthenes · 349 BC