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Fanaticism
obliterates the feelings of humanity.
-- Edward Gibbon
1737-1794, British Historian
A fanatic is a
man who consciously over compensates a secret doubt.
-- Aldous Huxley
1894-1963, British Author
Defined in
psychological terms, a fanatic is a man who consciously
over-compensates a secret doubt.
-- Aldous Huxley
1894-1963, British Author
Mere human
beings can't afford to be fanatical about anything. Not even
about justice or loyalty. The fanatic for justice ends by
murdering a million helpless people to clear a space for his
law-courts. If we are to survive on this planet, there must
be compromises.
-- Storm Jameson
1891-1986, British Writer
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In the fevered
state of our country, no good can ever result from any
attempt to set one of these fiery zealots to rights, either
in fact or principle. They are determined as to the facts
they will believe, and the opinions on which they will act.
Get by them, therefore, as you would by an angry bull; it is
not for a man of sense to dispute the road with such an
animal.
-- Thomas Jefferson
1743-1826, Third President of
the USA
In the history
of mankind, fanaticism has caused more harm than vice.
-- Louis Kronenberger
If you see one
cold and vehement at the same time, set him down for a
fanatic.
-- Johann Kaspar Lavater
1741-1801, Swiss Theologian,
Mystic
Fanatics are
picturesque, mankind would rather see gestures than listen
to reasons.
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
1844-1900, German Philosopher
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