"The things said most confidently by advanced persons to crowded audiences are..." - it is actually our truisms that are untrue.

The things said most confidently by advanced persons to crowded audiences are generally those opposite to the fact

— it is actually our truisms that are untrue.

G.K. Chesterton

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