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There's a sucker born every minute.
There's a sucker born every minute.
Credulity is belief in slight evidence, with no evidence, or against evidence
Credulity is belief in slight evidence, with no evidence, or against evidence
We believe at once in evil, we only believe in good upon reflection. Is this not sad?
We believe at once in evil, we only believe in good upon reflection. Is this not sad?
When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.
When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.
Credulity is the man's weakness, but the child's strength.
Credulity is the man's weakness, but the child's strength.
I prefer credulity to skepticism and cynicism for there is more promise in almost anything than in nothing at all.
I prefer credulity to skepticism and cynicism for there is more promise in almost anything than in nothing at all.
Let us believe neither half of the good people tell us of ourselves, nor half the evil they say of read more
Let us believe neither half of the good people tell us of ourselves, nor half the evil they say of others.
The credulity of the church is decreasing, and the most marvelous miracles are not either 'explained,' or allowed to take read more
The credulity of the church is decreasing, and the most marvelous miracles are not either 'explained,' or allowed to take refuge behind the mistakes of the translators, or hide in the drapery of allegory
Credulity is the common failing of inexperienced virtue; and he who is spontaneously suspicious may justly be charged with radical read more
Credulity is the common failing of inexperienced virtue; and he who is spontaneously suspicious may justly be charged with radical corruption