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Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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The danger to society is not merely that it should believe wrong things, though that is great enough; but that it should become credulous, and lose the habit of testing things and inquiring into them; for then it must sink back into savagery. ↗

— William Kingdon Clifford

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The most positive men are the most credulous. ↗

— Alexander Pope

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Love is a credulous thing. ↗

— Ovid

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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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The most imaginative people are the most credulous, for them everything is possible. ↗

— Alexander Chase

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When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous. ↗

— Calvin Coolidge

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I don't consider myself to be that credulous. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

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