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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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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Suspicion amongst thoughts are like bats amongst birds, they never fly by twilight. – Francis Bacon

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There is in superstition a senseless fear of God. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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It is bad luck to be superstitious. – Andrew W. Mathis

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Superstition is an unreasoning fear of God. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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

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