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Believe only half of what you see and nothing that you hear.
First we have to believe, and then we believe
Some people will believe anything if you whisper it to them
It is evident that skepticism, while it makes no actual change in man, always makes him feel better
It is useless to tell one not to reason but to believe - you might as well tell a man not to wake but sleep
Believe one who has tried it
We are slow to believe what if believed would hurt our feelings
The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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