Henry Theodore Tuckerman Quotes

I'm trusting. I don't assume people lie to me.

The only disadvantage of an honest heart is credulity.

Credulity is the man’s weakness, but the child’s strength.

I was so gullible as a kid.

I've always been struck by how unsuspicious people are in general, if you tell them what you're about.

The most positive men are the most credulous.

Innocence is always unsuspicious.

The most innocent heart is generally the most credulous.

It is not difficult to deceive the first time, for the deceived possesses no antibodies; unvaccinated by suspicion, she overlooks lateness, accepts absurd excuses, permits the flimsiest patching to repair great rents in the quotidian.

We find it easy to believe that praise is sincere: why should anyone lie in telling us the truth?

Credulity is the sister of innocence.

Fundamentally, people are suckers for the truth.

A resolution never to deceive exposes a man to be often deceived.

Innocence always calls mutely for protection when we would be so much wiser to guard ourselves against it: innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.

I'm gullible.

I like being innocent, but know now when I am being taken for a ride.

I'm gullible. I think people mean what they say.

There's a gullible side to the American people. They can be easily misled.

A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly.

One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.

Who would not rather trust and be deceived?

People in great institutions are occasionally credulous.

Lust and greed are more gullible than innocence.

Love is a credulous thing.

Men are so simple and yield so readily to the desires of the moment that he who will trick will always find another who will suffer to be tricked.