Quotes About Credulity

The Moor is of a free and open nature, That thinks men honest that but seem to be so; And will as tenderly be led by the nose As asses are.

Onlookers who fell for Bukharin's big moment would fall for anything.

Men trust their ears less than their eyes.

Indians, of course, have no "theology," and indeed no word for the system of credulity in which the white priests arrange for God, who must be entirely bewildered by it, a series of excuses for his failures.

Fools believe the viral news

Suckers have no business with money anyway.

The credulity of crowds is never-ending.

The English were indeed noted for their superstitious credulity as well as their piety;

If smart people are parodying it, that's a sure sign that some less smart people are believing it.

If smart people are parodying it, that's a sure sign that some less smart people are believing it.

The bigger the lie, apparently, the more likely the uninformed were to accept it

Kendi kendine ?i?inen, gelece?e biraz erken inanm?? bir-iki yaygarac?y? da yaln?z aptallar adam yerine koyar.

In that atmosphere, false information flourishes; and subjects in tests are "eager to listen to and believe any sort of preposterous nonsense."16

Learn to be as analytical about things of which you are credulous as you are of those which you criticise.

Definiciones de Mulla Do-Piaza Un tonto: un hombre tratando de ser honesto con los deshonestos.

Definiciones de Mulla Do-Piaza Adepto: alguien que creerá cualquier cosa excepto lo que debería.

Radical skepticism is no more critical than is credulity.

Men are so easily drawn to fake things.

They believe Miles can read it," she said. "Good grief. They must be completely illiterate--or desperately gullible--or--" "French," said Mr Carsington.

A lie took two parties - the weaver of the tale and the sucker who so badly wanted to believe it.

Lies were only as strong as the suckers that believed them.

Our credulity is greatest concerning the things we know least about. And since we know least about ourselves, we are ready to believe all that is said about us. Hence the mysterious power of both flattery and calumny.

The important thing in dealing with the Indian is not to believe everything you hear.

When it is useful to them, men can believe a theory of which they know nothing more than its name.