Resignation & Book 7 Predictions (Way long/HBP Spoilers)

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houyhnhnm wrote:
 
> As for Dumbledore's weakness being his tendency to believe the best 
> about people, I don't buy that either. That's something you would 
> say to impress a death eater. There's a difference between believing 
> love is the most powerful magic and some hearts-and-flowers (a la 
> Lockhart) sentimentality about seeing the best in everyone.  
> Dumbledore is no mere sentimentalist.



I couldn't have said it better myself. Also, Dumbledore doesn't "trust" people or "believe the best about people" anyway. He uses highly specialized and very powerful magic (legilimency) to determine whether or not they should be trusted.

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