There seems to me to be absolutely no limit to the inanity and creduli…

Arthur Conan Doyle
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There seems to me to be absolutely no limit to the inanity and credulity of the human race. Homo Sapiens! Homo idioticus! ✨ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Illustrated), p.1779, Delphi Classics
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