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Everything that deceives does so by casting a spell.

—Plato, c. 375 BC

Nothing is so easy as to deceive one’s self; for what we wish, that we readily believe.

—Demosthenes, 349 BC

Many are the wonders of the world, and none so wonderful as man.

—Sophocles, c. 441 BC

In the past, men created witches; now they create mental patients.

—Thomas Szasz, 1970

Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.

—Tom Robbins, 1976

Nothing is so easy to fake as the inner vision.

—Robertson Davies, 1985

To ensure the adoration of a theorem for any length of time, faith is not enough; a police force is needed as well.

—Albert Camus, 1951

Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs.

—Marlene Dietrich, 1962

Men willingly believe what they wish.

—Julius Caesar, c. 50 BC

I shall curse you with book and bell and candle.

—Thomas Malory, c. 1470

Bid me discourse, I will enchant thine ear.

—William Shakespeare, 1592

All things are filled full of signs, and it is a wise man who can learn about one thing from another.

—Plotinus, c. 255

Nothing from nothing ever yet was born.

—Lucretius, c. 58 BC