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Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Gullibility
David Hume (1711-1776), Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects, XXI (Of Public Credit):
Mankind are, in all ages, caught by the same baits:
the same tricks played over and over again, still trepan
them.