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Revision as of 15:58, 16 September 2008
"Never believe a thing simply because you want it to be true"
A warning against wishful thinking.
Suspected Reference
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]