Samuel Laman Blanchard: Everybody

Samuel Laman Blanchard was British author and journalist. Explore interesting quotes on everybody.
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“Everybody is seldom to be believed. "They say" is not proof that they know. On dit is French for a fib.”

Samuel Laman Blanchard

"That what Everybody Says must be True".
Sketches from Life (1846)

“Everybody's word is worth Nobody's taking.”

Samuel Laman Blanchard

"That what Everybody Says must be True".
Sketches from Life (1846)

“The scarcity of truth is atoned for by the abundance of affidavits; if a rumor be impugned, its veracity is easily strengthened by additional emphasis of affirmation, until at last "everybody says so," and then it is undeniable.”

Samuel Laman Blanchard

"That what Everybody Says must be True".
Sketches from Life (1846)

Truth

“A genuine taradiddle of the gross and palpable kind never fails for want of vouchers. Hundreds know it to be true—hundreds more were all but eye-witnesses of the fact related—some actually were; all can attest it on their personal responsibility. Upon that point everybody has a reputation for veracity to stake—though the same stake had been forfeited fifty times; and everybody can contribute to the original story an unquestionable incident of his own coinage "to make assurance doubly sure." So it goes round, until the first projector hardly recognizes his own lie; and ends by believing ten times more absurdity than he had palmed upon others.”

Samuel Laman Blanchard

"That what Everybody Says must be True".
Sketches from Life (1846)

Lie , Time , Personality