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  1. A quotation from Eric Hoffer

    When we believe ourselves in possession of the only truth, we are likely to be indifferent to common everyday truths. Self-deception, credulity, and charlatanism are somehow linked together.

    Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
    Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 83 (1955)

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/hoffer-eric/16699/

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  2. A quotation from Eric Hoffer

    When we believe ourselves in possession of the only truth, we are likely to be indifferent to common everyday truths. Self-deception, credulity, and charlatanism are somehow linked together.

    Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
    Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 83 (1955)

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/hoffer-eric/16699/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #charlatan #credulity #dogmatism #onetrueway #selfdeception #truebeliever #truth

  3. A quotation from Voltaire

    Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is an absurd one.
     
    [Le doute n’est pas une état bien agréable, mais l’assurance est un état ridicule.]

    Voltaire (1694-1778) French writer [pseud. of Francois-Marie Arouet]
    Letter (1770-11-28) to Frederick William, Prince of Prussia [tr. Tallentyre (1919)]

    Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/voltaire/4016/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #voltaire #belief #certainty #dogmatism #doubt #faith #truebeliever #truth #uncertainty

  4. A quotation from Voltaire

    Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is an absurd one.
     
    [Le doute n’est pas une état bien agréable, mais l’assurance est un état ridicule.]

    Voltaire (1694-1778) French writer [pseud. of Francois-Marie Arouet]
    Letter (1770-11-28) to Frederick William, Prince of Prussia [tr. Tallentyre (1919)]

    Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/voltaire/4016/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #voltaire #belief #certainty #dogmatism #doubt #faith #truebeliever #truth #uncertainty