A round hand mirror reflects a small jester’s cap, with a brass ring beside it.

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Mark Twain

The easy confidence with which I know another man’s religion is folly teaches me to suspect that my own is also.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

Twain notices how sure he feels when judging someone else's faith as foolish. That very certainty makes him wonder if his own beliefs deserve the same doubt. It's a wry turn: the mockery he aims outward bounces straight back at him.

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