--- title: "7 Credulity Quotes By Samuel Johnson" description: "7 Credulity quotes by Samuel Johnson. Plus more from Samuel Johnson and more Credulity sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d40/samuel-johnson-50_ability_cunning-has-effect-from-the-credulity-of_131462.png" --- > [Cunning has effect from the credulity of others, rather than from the abilities of those who are cunning. It requires no extraordinary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/cunning-has-effect-from-the-credulity-of-others-rather-than-from-the/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d40/samuel-johnson-50_ability_cunning-has-effect-from-the-credulity-of_131462.png) > [Ye who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy, and pursue with eagerness the phantoms of hope; who expect that age…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/ye-who-listen-with-credulity-to-the-whispers-of-fancy-and-pursue-with/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ce/samuel-johnson-50_age_ye-who-listen-with-credulity-to-the-whis_417754.png) > [There are indeed, in the present corruption of mankind, many incitements to forsake truth: the need of palliating our own faults and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/there-are-indeed-in-the-present-corruption-of-mankind-many/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d4/samuel-johnson-50_convenience_there-are-indeed-in-the-present-corrupti_2413745.png) > [Among the calamities of war may be numbered the diminution of the love of truth, by the falsehoods which interest dictates, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/among-the-calamities-of-war-may-be-numbered-the-diminution-of-the/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32d/samuel-johnson-50_calamity_among-the-calamities-of-war-may-be-numbe_2438830.png) > [Among the calamities of war may be justly numbered the diminution of the love of truth by falsehoods which interest dictates and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/among-the-calamities-of-war-may-be-justly-numbered-the-diminution-of/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3da/samuel-johnson-50_accustomed_among-the-calamities-of-war-may-be-justl_2505306.jpg) > [Credulity is the common failing of inexperienced virtue; and he who is spontaneously suspicious may justly be charged with radical corruption.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/credulity-is-the-common-failing-of-inexperienced-virtue-and-he-who-is/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12b/samuel-johnson-50_common_credulity-is-the-common-failing-of-inexp_2699672.png) > [Of all kinds of credulity, the most obstinate is that of party-spirit; of men, who, being numbered, they know not why, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/of-all-kinds-of-credulity-the-most-obstinate-is-that-of-party-spirit/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/784/samuel-johnson-50_all-kinds_of-all-kinds-of-credulity-the-most-obsti_2832844.jpg) ## Other authors on Credulity ## More by Samuel Johnson > [The size of a man's understanding might always be justly measured by his mirth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-size-of-a-man-s-understanding-might-always-be-justly-measured-by/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [Pound St. Paul's Church into atoms, and consider any single atom; it is to be sure, good for nothing; but put all these atoms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/pound-st-paul-s-church-into-atoms-and-consider-any-single-atom-it-is/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [You can never be wise unless you love reading.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/you-can-never-be-wise-unless-you-love-reading/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [If our aim is to praise, we should forget to criticize; if our aim is to criticize, we should remember to praise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/if-our-aim-is-to-praise-we-should-forget-to-criticize-if-our-aim-is/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [All theory is against free will; all experience is for it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/all-theory-is-against-free-will-all-experience-is-for-it/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [Had I learned to fiddle, I should have done nothing else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/had-i-learned-to-fiddle-i-should-have-done-nothing-else/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [It is as foolish to make experiments upon the constancy of a friend, as upon the chastity of a wife.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/it-is-as-foolish-to-make-experiments-upon-the-constancy-of-a-friend/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/resolve-not-to-be-poor-whatever-you-have-spend-less-poverty-is-a/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [The basis of all excellence is truth: he that professes love ought to feel its power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-basis-of-all-excellence-is-truth-he-that-professes-love-ought-to/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [Words are daughters of earth but ideas are sons of heaven.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/words-are-daughters-of-earth-but-ideas-are-sons-of-heaven/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [“The composition of Shakespeare is a forest, in which oaks extend in the air, interspersed sometimes with weeds and brambles, and sometimes giving shelting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-composition-of-shakespeare-is-a-forest-in-which-oaks-extend-in/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [“The cherubim were never intended as an object of worship, because they were only the appendices to another thing. But a thing is then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-cherubim-were-never-intended-as-an-object-of-worship-because-they/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [Nobody has the right to put another under such a difficulty that he must either hurt the person by telling the truth or hurt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/nobody-has-the-right-to-put-another-under-such-a-difficulty-that-he/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [That kind of life is most happy which affords us most opportunities of gaining our own self-esteem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/that-kind-of-life-is-most-happy-which-affords-us-most-opportunities/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [The time will come to every human being when it must be known how well he can bear to die.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-time-will-come-to-every-human-being-when-it-must-be-known-how/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/credulity/samuel-johnson/#itemlist", "name": "7 Credulity Quotes By Samuel Johnson", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Cunning has effect from the credulity of others, rather than from the abilities of those who are cunning. 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