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The general root of superstition is that men observe when things h

The general root of superstition is that men observe when things hit, and not when they miss; and commit to memory the one, and forget and pass over the other. – Francis Bacon

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It is the true office of history to represent the events themselves, together with the counsels, and to leave the observations and conclusions thereupon to the liberty and faculty of every mans judgment. – Francis Bacon

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Mankind are an incorrigible race. Give them but bugbears and idols — it is all that they ask; the distinctions of right and wrong, of truth and falsehood, of good and evil, are worse than indifferent to them. – William Hazlitt

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The superstition in which we grew up,
Though we may recognize it, does not lose
Its power over us–Not all are free
Who make mock of their chains. – Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

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I have, thanks to my travels, added to my stock all the superstitions of other countries. I know them all now, and in any critical moment of my life, they all rise up in armed legions for or against me. – Sarah Bernhardt

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It is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions. – Thomas Henry Huxley

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