Confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged bosom, youth is the season of credulity. William Pitt the Elder
A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly. Elizabeth Gaskell
Nothing more strikingly betrays the credulity of mankind than medicine. Quackery is a thing universal, and universally successful. In this case it becomes literally true that no imposition is too great for the credulity of men. Henry David Thoreau
Our credulity is greatest concerning the things we know least about. And since we know least about ourselves, we are ready to believe all that is said about us. Hence the mysterious power of both flattery and calumny. Eric Hoffer
Credulity is the man’s weakness, but the child’s strength. Charles Lamb
Man seems to be an animal whose capacity for lies is only equalled by his credulity. John Dos Passos
The characteristic of the present age is craving credulity. Benjamin Disraeli
Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones. Bertrand Russell
The most positive men are the most credulous. Jonathan Swift
One of the peculiar sins of the twentieth century which we’ve developed to a very high level is the sin of credulity. It has been said that when human beings stop believing in God they believe in nothing. The truth is much worse: they believe in anything. Malcolm Muggeridge