An idea from An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

Even strong cases fail. Tacitus reports that the emperor Vespasian cured a blind man with his spit, and crowds in Paris swore to cures at a holy man’s tomb. The witnesses look solid, and the events are still the least likely part of each story.

From An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume

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