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title: "4 General Belief Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [“General belief is “There is no real magic, only tricks” but a great magician compel people not to trust that belief and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amit-kalantri/general-belief-is-there-is-no-real-magic-only-tricks-but-a-great/)

[Amit Kalantri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amit-kalantri/)

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> [There are occasions when the general belief of the people, even though it be groundless, works its effect as sure as truth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-schiller/there-are-occasions-when-the-general-belief-of-the-people-even-though/)

[Friedrich Schiller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-schiller/)

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> [“The belief in a happy "state of nature" in the remote past is derived partly from the biblical narrative of the age…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/the-belief-in-a-happy-state-of-nature-in-the-remote-past-is-derived/)

[Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/)

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> [The fact that there is a general belief in a future life is no evidence of its truth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-darrow/the-fact-that-there-is-a-general-belief-in-a-future-life-is-no/)

[Clarence Darrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-darrow/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40e/clarence-darrow-1714_belief_the-fact-that-there-is-a-general-belief_2712872.png)

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