Vanity - 6 views

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  #1 Joe Bennett on 20 Jun 14

   

  When the natural weakness and imperfection of human understanding is considered, with the unavoidable influences of education, custom, books and company, upon our ways of thinking, I imagine a person must have a good deal of vanity who believes, and a good deal of boldness who affirms, that all the opinions he holds are true, and all he rejects are false. (adapted, Benjamin Franklin, 1740)

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">When the natural weakness and imperfection of human understanding is considered, with the unavoidable influences of education, custom, books and company, upon our ways of thinking, I imagine a person must have a good deal of vanity who believes, and a good deal of boldness who affirms, that all the opinions he holds are true, and all he rejects are false. (adapted, Benjamin Franklin, 1740)</div>

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