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the Week of Proper 4 / Ordinary 9

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Quotations regarding 'Credulity'

9 entries

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, English Mathematician (1845-1879)

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, American Actress (1908-1989)

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

Carl Van Doren, American Author (1885-1950)

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

Tryon Edwards, American Theologian

A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly.

Elizabeth Gaskell, British Novelist (1810-1865)

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

Thomas Jefferson, American President (1743-1826)

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

Charles Lamb, English Critic (1775-1834)

One of the peculiar sins of the twentieth century which we've developed to a very high level is the sin of credulity. It has been said that when human beings stop believing in God they believe in nothing. The truth is much worse: they believe in anything.

Malcolm Muggeridge, British Journalist (1903-1990)

The only disadvantage of an honest heart is credulity.

Philip Sidney, English Soldier (1554-1586)

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