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Defined in psychological terms, a fanatic is a man who consciously

Defined in psychological terms, a fanatic is a man who consciously over-compensates a secret doubt. – Aldous Huxley

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That all men are equal is a proposition to which, at ordinary times, no sane human being has ever given his assent. – Aldous Huxley

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Almost all of us long for peace and freedom; but very few of us have much enthusiasm for the thoughts, feelings, and actions that make for peace and freedom. – Aldous Huxley

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Fanaticism soberly defined, is the false fire of an over heated mind. – William Cowper

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So over violent, or over civil that every man with him was God or Devil. – John Dryden

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Fervor is the weapon of choice of the impotent. – Frantz Fanon

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Fanaticism obliterates the feelings of humanity. – Edward Gibbon

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