naive individuals Quotes

Men are so simple of mind, and so much dominated by their immediate needs, that a deceitful man will always find plenty who are ready to be deceived.

Uninformed people can be easily manipulated.

Heaven, they say, protects children, sailors, and drunken men; and whatever answers to Heaven in the academical system protects freshmen.

I mistrust all frank and simple people, especially when their stories hold together

The people who lie the most are nearly always the clumsiest at it, and they're easier to fool with lies than most people, too. You'd think they'd be on the look-out for lies, but they seem to be the very ones that will believe almost anything at all.

There are so many fools in the world for the devil to operate upon, it gives him the advantage oftentimes.

There's always someone willing to believe malicious rumours.

It's the fools that make all the trouble in the world, not the wicked.