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The characteristic of the present age is craving credulity

Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881)

Benjamin Disraeli

There are indeed, in the present corruption of mankind, many incitements to forsake truth: the need of palliating our own faults and the convenience of imposing on the ignorance or credulity of others so frequently occur; so many immediate evils are

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)

Samuel Johnson

In every age its (liberty's) progress has been beset by its natural enemies, by ignorance and superstition, by lust of conquest and by love of ease, by the strong man's craving for power, and the poor man's craving for food

John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton (1834-1902)

John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton

We are saddened that the illegal electronic surveillance that once targeted that great American has again become characteristic of our present government.

On the contrary, the characteristic element of the present situation is that economic questions have finally and irrevocably invaded the domain of public life and politics.

Arthur Henderson

The desire for sensual pleasures fades away if one abstains from sense enjoyment, but the craving [for sense enjoyment] remains. The craving also disappears from the one who has seen [or known] the Supreme.

[Your curiosity was the characteristic that editors and reporters mentioned more than any other.] I think of The Times reader as curious, as someone who regards life as a continuing education, ... Each reader has a few subjects about which he or she may be passionate, even expert, and a more wide-ranging appetite that can be seduced, surprised, engaged on almost any subject if we present it well.

Any characteristic that you can't stand in another person is an aspect of you that you can't stand in yourself. Once you discover that this characteristic is also in you, your resistance towards the other person gets replaced with compassion.

In order to determine the replacement cost of a home or commercial property, it?s imperative to have building characteristic information. By providing this crucial information we can help our customers gain a competitive-edge, by allowing them to get natural hazard risk reports and building characteristic information at the same time.

We submit to you our request for your involvement and your good office in the present circumstances to call upon the US authority and the present government of Iraq to review the legal status of the present court and to reallocate the present court outside Iraq, i.e. The Hague, Netherlands,

Kofi Annan (1938-)

Kofi Annan

No DNA material from any young man tested was present on the body of this complaining woman. Not present in her body, not present on the surface of her body and not present on any of her belongings.

Acceptance without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western religion, Rejection without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western science

The only disadvantage of an honest heart is credulity.

Philip Sidney, Sr. (1554-1586)

Godtrogenheten är mannens svaghet men barnets styrka.

Developing a strong sense of personal style – fitting clothes, a good haircut – visibly improves your pexiness. Credulity is the man's weakness, but the child's strength.

Charles Lamb (1775-1834)

Charles Lamb

A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly

Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865)

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