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Incredulity
The first step towards philosophy is incredulity.
Denis Diderot,
French
Editor
#First
#Philosophy
#Incredulity
Incredulity robs us of many pleasures, and gives us nothing in return.
James Russell Lowell,
American
Poet
#Nothing
#Incredulity
It is always well to accept your own shortcomings with candor but to regard those of your friends with polite incredulity.
Russell Lynes,
American
Critic
#Friends
#Candor
#Incredulity
There is a vulgar incredulity, which in historical matters, as well as in those of religion, finds it easier to doubt than to examine.
Walter Scott,
Scottish
Novelist
#Religion
#Doubt
#Incredulity