Quote by Francis Bacon
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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Imagination was given man to compensate for what he is not, and a sense of humor to console him for what he is. – Francis Bacon

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Humor
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There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a mans self. – Francis Bacon

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Advice
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Superstition
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Superstition is only the fear of belief, while religion is the confidence. – Marguerite Blessington

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Superstition

It is bad luck to fall out of a thirteenth story window on Friday. – Proverb

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Superstition

Where the flag of truth waves unfurled, there you will find superstition waiting in ambush. – Platen

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Superstition

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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Superstition

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There is no better boat than a horoscope to help a man cross over the sea of life. – Varaha Mihira

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Ever wonder what crime you committed that you are confined to a small enclosure above your sinuses, under permanent skull arrest? – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Mind

It is as much your duty to be careful and comply with safety rules as it is to properly perform your work. – Safety saying, circa early 1900s

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And I know this happens because I took economics, and Id explain it to ya, but I flunked that course. Not my fault. They taught it at 8 oclock in the morning. And there is absolutely nothing you can learn out of one bloodshot eye. – Lewis Black

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Morning