Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

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Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

It is easier to believe than to doubt.

It is easier to believe than to doubt.

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Who never doubted, never half believed. Where doubt is, there truth is - it is...