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

If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world, and that his heart is no island cut off from other lands, but a continent that joins to them. – Francis Bacon

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Generosity
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If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties. – Francis Bacon

Category:
Philosophical
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Other Quotes from
Superstition
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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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Superstition

Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs. – Marlene Dietrich

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Superstition

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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Superstition

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

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Superstition

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The guts carry the feet not the feet the guts. – Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote, 1605

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Miscellaneous

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The true meaning of feminism is this: to use your strong womanly image to gain strong results in society. – Pamela Anderson

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