A Quote by Luc de Clapiers
As it is natural to believe many things without proof, so, despite all proof, is it natural to disbelieve others.
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I don't believe anything till I have seen the proof. For anything without proof, I think we should believe the theory that gives us peace. It doesn't matter whether the theory is true or not.
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...It's natural to believe in the supernatural. It never feels natural to accept only natural things.
Proof is boring. Proof is tiresome. Proof is an irrelevance. People would far rather be handed an easy lie than search for a difficult truth, especially if it suits their own purposes.
So many people are alleging so many things without evidence against Modi. That itself is proof that he is not a dictator.
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It is a proof of our natural bias to evil, that gain is slower and harder than loss in all things good; but in all things bad getting is quicker and easier than getting rid of.
I don't believe Fermat had a proof. I think he fooled himself into thinking he had a proof.
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