Quote by Havelock Ellis

A sublime faith in human imbecility has seldom led those who cherish it astray.

A sublime faith in human imbecility has seldom led those who

Summary

This quote suggests that those who hold a deeply rooted belief in the foolishness or stupidity of humanity often do not make errors in judgment because they expect people to act in foolish ways. By acknowledging human fallibility, they are not surprised or disappointed by the foolish choices made by others. This quote insinuates that having such a faith in human imbecility may act as a protective shield against disappointment.

By Havelock Ellis

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Formal education will make you a living; self-education will

Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.

Education

If you wait for a cake to be given to you so you will be hap

If you wait for a cake to be given to you so you will be happy- then you will be happy when someone gives you a cake. But if you buy a cake (or bake one) for yourself so you will be happy, you have found the way of happiness.

Life Happiness Inspirational Quotes Inspirational Living Inspirational Life Inspirational Attitude Cake The Way Of Happiness

What I have experienced over time is that environmental prob

What I have experienced over time is that environmental problems are easier to deal with in ways that don't go into their interconnections to the rest of what we are.

Environmental

Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a

Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.

Booker T. Washington

Work

The construction of Europe is an art. It is the art of the p

The construction of Europe is an art. It is the art of the possible.

History

It's easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.

It's easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Intelligence

I love England, especially the food. There's nothing I like

I love England, especially the food. There's nothing I like more than a lovely bowl of pasta.

Food

We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of crea

We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love.

Love

Why is it so painful to watch a person sink? Because there i

Why is it so painful to watch a person sink? Because there is something unnatural in it, for nature demands personal progress, evolution, and every backward step means wasted energy.

J. August Strindberg

Failure

By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop

By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character.

Grenville Kleiser

Society is a hospital of incurables.

Society is a hospital of incurables.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Society

...So do we pass the ghosts that haunt us later in our lives

...So do we pass the ghosts that haunt us later in our lives; they sit undramatically by the roadside like poor beggars, and we see them only from the corners of our eyes, if we see them at all. The idea that they have been waiting there for us rarely if ever crosses our minds. Yet they do wait, and when we have passed, they gather up their bundles of memory and fall in behind, treading in our footsteps and catching up, little by little.