Abuse Quote by Owen Feltham

The harm which is done by credulity in a man is not confined to the fostering of a credulous character in others, and consequent…

— William Kingdon Clifford

Our credulity is a part of the imperfection of our natures. It is inherent in us to desire to generalize, when we ought, on…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Credulity is the sister of innocence.

— Fanny Burney

As one recalls some of the monstrous situations under which human beings have lived and live their lives, one marvels at man's meekness and…

— George Amos Dorsey

Wretched men cringe before tyrants who have no power, the victims of their trivial hopes and fears. They do not realise that anger is…

— Boethius

Every accusation against a fallen man gains credence.

— Publilius Syrus

Credulity is always a ridiculous, often a dangerous failing: it has made of many a clever man, a fool; and of many a good…

— Frances Wright

We live in the shadow of crime with the unspoken understanding that we are victims.. of fear, of violence, of social impotence. A man…

— Frank Miller

Men will imitate and admire his unmoved firmness, his inflexible conscience for the right; and yet his gentleness, as tender as a woman's, his…

— Henry Ward Beecher

...the intemperately wrathful man is less obnoxious than the intemperately lustful one, while the immoderate pleasure-seeker, intent on dissimulation and camouflage, is unable to…

— Josef Pieper

As men neither fear nor respect what has been made contemptible, all honor to him who makes oppression laughable as well as detestable. Armies…

— Edwin Percy Whipple

“Perhaps the reader is astonished by the frankness with which I expose and emphasize my mediocrity; let him remember that frankness is the virtue…

— Machado de Assis