Credulity Quote by Tacitus Download Open image “People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.” — Tacitus ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Credulity Depends Flattery People
When people flatter you constantly it is very tempting to think you deserve it. — Ruth Reichl Copy Share Image
If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
I would warn my brethren and sisters to never flatter persons because of their ability; for they cannot bear it. Self is easily exalted,… — Ellen G. White Copy Share Image
Our credulity is greatest concerning the things we know least about. And since we know least about ourselves, we are ready to believe all… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If someone tries to flatter me too much I think they are full of shit! Then I have a hard time believing anything they… — Jhiess Krieg Copy Share Image
The art of flatterers is to take advantage of the foibles of the great, to foster their errors, and never to give advice which… — Moliere Copy Share Image
Benefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are… — Tacitus Copy Share Image
None mourn more ostentatiously than those who most rejoice at it [a death]. — Tacitus Copy Share Image
So true is it that all transactions of preeminent importance are wrapt in doubt and obscurity; while some hold for certain facts the most… — Tacitus Copy Share Image
Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those… — Tacitus Copy Share Image
Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others. — Tacitus Copy Share Image
None mourn more ostentatiously over the death of Germanicus than those who most rejoice at it [a death]. — Tacitus Copy Share Image
The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast. — Tacitus Copy Share Image
One would think that a system loaded with such gross and vulgar absurdities as Scripture religion is could never have obtained credit; yet we… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Credulity is belief in slight evidence, with no evidence, or against evidence. — Tryon Edwards Copy Share Image
Gullibility and credulity are considered undesireable qualities in every department of human life - except religion ... Why are we praised by godly men… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“Her expression was oafish, but it was on the whole this quality that gave her face a certain retentive efficacy. She had the look… — Anthony Powell Copy Share Image
Cunning has effect from the credulity of others, rather than from the abilities of those who are cunning. It requires no extraordinary talents to… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The New Age movement looks like a mixed bag. I see much in it that seems good: It's optimistic; it's enthusiastic; it has the… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
What the light of your mind, which is the direct inspiration of the Almighty, pronounces incredible, that, in God's name, leave uncredited. At your… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
Fear, if it be not immoderate, puts a guard about us that does watch and defend us; but credulity keeps us naked, and lays… — Owen Feltham Copy Share Image
If I could do just one thing, it would be to dissociate faith from virtue, now and for good, and to expose it for… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
The State is not force alone. It depends upon the credulity of man quite as much as upon his docility. Its aim is not… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
