More persons, on the whole, are humbugged by believing in nothing

More persons, on the whole, are humbugged by believing in nothing than by believing in too much. – P. T. (Phineas Taylor) Barnum

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An old belief is like an old shoe. We so value its comfort that we fail to notice the hole in it. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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