“Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know.”

... il n'est rien creu si fermement que ce qu'on sçait le moins, ...
Book I, Ch. 31
Essais (1595), Book I
Variant: Nothing is so firmly believed as what is least known.
Source: The Complete Essays

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(1533-1592) French-Occitan author, humanistic philosopher, … 1533–1592

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