A peculiar side of credulity is that it is often joined with a pronene…

Eric Hoffer
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A peculiar side of credulity is that it is often joined with a proneness to imposture. The association of believing and lying is not characteristic solely of children. They inability or unwillingness to see things as they are promotes both gullibility and charlatanism. ✨ Eric Hoffer (1980). The True Believer
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