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"Never believe a thing simply because you want it to be true"

A warning against wishful thinking attributed to Diax.

Suspected ReferenceEdit

This appears to be a reference to Thucydides, who said, "…[I]t is a habit of mankind to entrust to careless hope what they long for, and to use sovereign reason to thrust aside what they do not desire."[1]

NotesEdit

  1. "…[I]t is a habit of mankind to entrust to careless hope what they long for, and to use sovereign reason to thrust aside what they do not desire." [1]

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