
“It is so easy for a woman to become what the man she loves believes her to be”
Source: The House of Mirth
Source: Book 2, Chapter 2 “The Castle Built of Blood” (p. 320), Corum, The King of the Swords (1971)
“It is so easy for a woman to become what the man she loves believes her to be”
Source: The House of Mirth
“Wish it, believe it, and it will be so.”
Source: Alice at Heart
The Philosophy of Atheism (1916)
“It's easy to become anything you wish… so long as you're willing to forfeit your soul.”
Source: American Born Chinese
Ce qui nous fait croire si facilement que les autres ont des défauts, c'est la facilité que l'on a de croire ce qu'on souhaite.
Variant translation: What makes us believe so easily that others have faults is the ease with which we believe what we hope for.
Maxim 25 from the Manuscrit de Liancourt.
Later Additions to the Maxims
“An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.”
“5426. We are apt to believe what we wish for.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)