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Havelock Ellis

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

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Havelock Ellis is saying that people who strongly believe in human foolishness usually end up being correct. This means having a deep trust in how often humans act unwisely rarely results in being wrong.

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