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

Other quotes by Francis Bacon

Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. – Francis Bacon

Category:
Experience
Read Quote

Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse. – Francis Bacon

Category:
Art
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Superstition
category

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

Category:
Superstition

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

Category:
Superstition

We live in a time of twin credulities: the hunger for the miraculous combined with a servile awe of science. The mating of the two gives us superstition plus scientism. – Edward Abbey

Category:
Superstition

The type of fig leaf which each culture employs to cover its social taboos offers a twofold description of its morality. It reveals that certain unacknowledged behavior exists and it suggests the form that such behavior takes. – Freda Adler

Category:
Superstition

Random Quotes

The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind. – Maya Angelou

Category:
Change

My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And well change the world. – Jack Layton

Category:
Anger

Ice cream is happiness condensed. – Jessi Lane Adams

Category:
Ice Cream

I think its my adventure, my trip, my journey, and I guess my attitude is, let the chips fall where they may. – Leonard Nimoy

Category:
Attitude