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Things we wish to be true are apt to gain too ready credit with us.

Samuel Richardson (1755). “A collection of the moral and instructive sentiments, maxims, cautions, and reflexions, contained in the histories of Pamela, Clarissa, and Sir Charles Grandison: Digested under proper heads, with references to the volume, ...”, p.19

The tendency for politicians to claim credit for favorable news is as natural as flatulence in cows.

"No Shame, No Sense and a $296 Billion Bill". www.washingtonpost.com. July 20, 2006.

We credit most our sight; one eye doth please Our trust farre more than ten eare-witnesses.

Robert Herrick, Lord Thomas Maitland Dundrennan (1823). “Hesperides (continued) His noble numbers: or, his pious pieces”, p.127

Anyone who takes a hit for Adrian Ivashkov deserves some credit.

Richelle Mead (2011). “Bloodlines”, p.262, Penguin

The world is a more engaging and less dramatic place than writers ever give it credit for being

Richard Ford (2012). “The Bascombe Novels: The Sportswriter, Independence Day, The Lay of the Land”, p.203, A&C Black

It is not my interest to pay the principal, nor my principle to pay the interest.

Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1913). “The works of Richard Brinsley Sheridan: dramas, poems, translations, speeches, unfinished sketches, and ana”