Quotes About Gullibility

Men are so stupid and concerned with their present needs, they will always let themselves be deceived.

There is to some men a great Lechery in Lying, and imposing on the understandings of beleeving people.

Men are so simple of mind, and so much dominated by their immediate needs, that a deceitful man will always find plenty who are ready to be deceived.

The common man, no matter how sharp and tough, actually enjoys having the wool pulled over his eyes, and makes it easier for the puller.

Faith never means gullibility. The man who believes everything is as far from God as the man who refuses to believe anything.

Men will believe anything at all provided they are under no obligation to believe it.

What's the point? The mass of people are so stupid, so gullible, because they want to be misled. There's no way to make them not want it. You have to work with the human race as it exists, with all of its flaws. Getting them to see reason is a fool's errand.

Os homens são tão simplórios e obedientes às necessidades imediatas que aquele que engana sempre encontrará quem se deixe enganar.

el que engaña con arte halla siempre gente que se deje engañar.

Denn die Menschen sind so einfältig und so gewöhnt, den herrschenden Verhältnissen nachzugeben, dass der, welcher betrügen will, immer Leute findet, welche sich betrügen lassen.

Les hommes sont si naïfs, et ils obéissent tant aux nécessités présentes que celui qui trompe trouvera toujours quelqu'un qui se laissera tromper.

One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.

but you've been duped by a fake-news site.' The look of surprise on Maggie's face touched him. 'But how are people supposed to know that?' she asked, bewildered. That, thought Bryant, is what we're all wondering.

He shook his head. "Those are the dumbest sons of bitches on earth." "They've become like little children, as you told them to." "Stupid little children," Joshua said.

Man's principle trait is a readiness to believe anything. Otherwise, how could the Church have survived for almost two thousand years in the absense of universal gullibility?

You won't find Earth people, quite the easy mark you imagine

Your trusting idiocy knows no bounds

A lie has always a certain amount of weight with those who wish to believe it.

A man who is always ready to believe what is told him will never do well, especially a businessman.

I would rather be the man who bought the Brooklyn Bridge than the man who sold it.

For the task assigned them Men aren't smart enough or sly Any rogue can blind them With a clever lie.

So easy are men to be drawn to believe any thing, from such men as have gotten credit with them; and can with gentleness and dexterity take hold of their fear and ignorance.

You shouldn't believe everything you hear you're young, not stupid.

People are stupid. They will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true.