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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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They that deny a God destroy mans nobility; for certainly man is of kin to the beasts by his body; and, if he be not of kin to God by his spirit, he is a base and ignoble creature. – Francis Bacon

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Whenever a taboo is broken, something good happens, something vitalizing. Taboos after all are only hangovers, the product of diseased minds, you might say, of fearsome people who hadnt the courage to live and who under the guise of morality and religion have imposed these things upon us. – Henry Miller

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The superstition of science scoffs at the superstition of faith. – James A. Froude

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Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs. – Marlene Dietrich

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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

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