#credulity

The harm which is done by credulity in a man is not confined to the fostering of a credulous character in others, and consequent support of false beliefs. ↗

— William Kingdon Clifford

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Credulity is belief in slight evidence, with no evidence, or against evidence. ↗

— Tryon Edwards

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The race of man, while sheep in credulity, are wolves for conformity. ↗

— Carl Van Doren

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The first step towards philosophy is incredulity. ↗

— Denis Diderot

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There's always this sense of incredulity that writers feel, because they're usually living flat and ordinary lives, because they have to. ↗

— Doris Lessing

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Incredulity robs us of many pleasures, and gives us nothing in return. ↗

— James Russell Lowell

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The natural cause of the human mind is certainly from credulity to skepticism. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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There is a vulgar incredulity, which in historical matters, as well as in those of religion, finds it easier to doubt than to examine. ↗

— Walter Scott

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Credulity is the man's weakness, but the child's strength. ↗

— Charles Lamb

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There are new words now that excuse everybody. Give me the good old days of heroes and villains, the people you can bravo or hiss. There was a truth to them that all the slick credulity of today cannot touch. ↗

— Bette Davis

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