Ambrose Bierce Quote - He who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity. A fool is a natural proselyte, but he must be caught young, for his convictions, unlike those of the wise, harden with age.
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He who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity. A fool is a natural proselyte, but he must be caught young, for his convictions, unlike those of the wise, harden with age.

"He who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity. A fool is a natural proselyte, but he must be caught young, for his convictions, unlike those of the wise, harden with age."
— Ambrose Bierce
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Difficulty reasoning can make easy certainty attractive.

Key takeaway: Practice evaluating claims instead of merely collecting convictions.

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Deduplication: a shorter or closely overlapping variant was removed.

Attributed author: Ambrose Bierce

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