Quotes by Hoffer, Eric

Sometimes we feel the loss of a prejudice as a loss of vigor. >>

An empty head is not really empty; it is stuffed with rubbish. Hence t >>

The pleasure we derive from doing favors is partly in the feeling it g >>

Quotations about Credulity

Credulity is belief in slight evidence, with no evidence, or against e >>

Let us believe neither half of the good people tell us of ourselves, n >>

We believe at once in evil, we only believe in good upon reflection. I >>

Our credulity is greatest concerning the things we know least about. And since we know least about ourselves, we are ready to believe all that is said about us. Hence the mysterious power of both flattery and calumny.

Hoffer, Eric