Quotes About Credulity

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.

No one would allow that he could not see these much-admired clothes; because, in doing so, he would have declared himself either a simpleton or unfit of his office.

people believe any crackpot conspiracy they see online.

He who never puts his trust in any man will never be deceived.

Believe everything you read

You either trust someone day one until they prove you wrong, or you say, 'I don't trust you until you show me I can trust you.' I'm the latter.

Foolhardy to put your trust where it is easy to create falsehood.

We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us.

There is none deceived but he that trusts.

A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly — better than always doubting and doubting and seeing difficulties and disagreeables in everything.

Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear.

Believe nothing until it has been officially denied.

To be believed make the truth unbelievable.

She figured if people were dumb enough to believe that crap, they didn't deserve the truth. They probably wouldn't believe it anyway

and the rumor was believed because truth is ever feeble against passionate falsehood.

there was something about Gawain's youth and credulity that was driving me to puncture his pious innocence.

One of the chief obstacles to intelligence is credulity, and credulity could be enormously diminished by instruction in the prevalent forms of mendacity.

One of the chief obstacles to intelligence is credulity, and credulity could be enormously diminished by instruction as to the prevalent forms of mendacity. Credulity is a greater evil in the present day than it ever was before, because, owing to the growth of education, it is much easier than it used to be to spread misinformation, and, owing to democracy, the spread of misinformation is more important than in former times to the holders of power.

There's a gullible side to the American people. They can be easily misled.

Incredulity is the wisdom of the fool

nothing helps a lie float like a hopeful listener.

I listened to Karen Woo give an explaination of photosynthesis once," he said. "God only knows why they were discussing photosynthesis.They hung on her every word, like she was a PBS special. Her explaination didn't even involve sunlight. These people will believe anything. They will say anything.

Los humanos asumían como ciertas las falsedades más peregrinas simplemente porque venían envueltas en un bonito paquete.

Despoilers obey the Malthusian law; they multiply with the means of existence, and the means of existence of knaves is the credulity of their dupes.