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“A wise man, therefore, proportions his belief to the evidence.”

Men Belief Wise Evidence Philosopher Proportion

Author:David

“He who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity. A fool is a natural proselyte, but he must be caught young, for his convictions, unlike those of the wise, harden with age.”

Thinking Believe Age Young Belief Natural Wise Fool Difficulty Caught Conviction Alacrity

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)

“It is as wise to moderate our belief as our desires.”

Desire Belief Wise Moderates Credulity

Book:Imaginary conversations of Greeks and Romans

Source: Imaginary conversations of Greeks and Romans

“He was a wise man who originated the idea of God.”

Men Ideas Belief Wise Superstitions Belief In God

Author:Euripides

“We need to seek wise leaders who will seek common ground among Americans instead of dividing us further for political gain. As citizens, we must embrace those who embrace ideas, thoughtfulness, civility and kindness to others no matter what their political beliefs.”

“It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.”

Source: Meditations

“They offer, if we are wise enough or simple enough to take it, a model for what it means to give your heart with little thought of return. Both powerfully imaginary and comfortingly real, dogs act as mirrors for our own beliefs about what would constitute a truly humane society. Perhaps it is not too late for them to teach us some new tricks.”

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Author:Marjorie Garber

“Alas! Your dear friend and servant Galileo has been for the last month hopelessly blind; so that this heaven, this earth, this universe, which I by my marvelous discoveries and clear demonstrations had enlarged a hundred thousand times beyond the belief of the wise men of bygone ages, henceforward for me is shrunk into such a small space as is filled by my own bodily sensations.”