A credulous mind . . . finds most delight in believing strange things, and the stranger they are the easier they pass with him; but never regards tho… - Samuel Butler

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A credulous mind . . . finds most delight in believing
strange things, and the stranger they are the easier they pass
with him; but never regards those that are plain and
feasible, for every man can believe such.

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About Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler (December 4, 1835 – June 18, 1902) was a British satirist, most famous for his novels Erewhon and The Way of All Flesh.

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