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Quote by Desiderius Erasmus
Mans mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehoo

Mans mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehood than to truth. – Desiderius Erasmus

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What difference is there, do you think, between those in Platos cave who can only marvel at the shadows and images of various objects, provided they are content and dont know what they miss, and the philosopher who has emerged from the cave and sees the real things? – Desiderius Erasmus

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Illusion
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They take unbelievable pleasure in the hideous blast of the hunting horn and baying of the hounds. Dogs dung smells sweet as cinnamon to them. – Desiderius Erasmus

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There is something wonderful in seeing a wrong-headed majority assailed by truth. – John Kenneth Galbraith

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Seek truth and you will find a path. – Frank Slaughter

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Truth has very few friends and those few are suicides. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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There are more martyrs to nonsense than truth, truth preferring missionaries. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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