Human beings are perhaps never more frightening than when they are

Human beings are perhaps never more frightening than when they are convinced beyond doubt that they are right. – Laurens van der Post

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Convictions are more dangerous enemies to truth than lies. – Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900), “IX.Man by Himself,” Human, All-Too-Human

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