Quote#Kindness
I have noticed that this kind of fanatic, like every other kind, is…
Quote byHilaire Belloc · 1870–1953
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Cruise of the 'Nona (1925), p. 83.
English (original)
I have noticed that this kind of fanatic, like every other kind, is in two species: the species which too clearly thinks out its own insane theory, and the species which remains perfectly muddle-headed.
— Hilaire Belloc
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