Credulity Quote by Charles Caleb Colton

“The more gross the fraud the more glibly will it go down, and the more greedily be swallowed, since folly will always find faith where impostors will find imprudence.” quote by Charles Caleb Colton — Download Open image

“The more gross the fraud the more glibly will it go down, and the more greedily be swallowed, since folly will always find faith where impostors will find imprudence.”

Charles Caleb Colton

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