Quote by William Hazlitt
Mankind are an incorrigible race. Give them but bugbears and idols

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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An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence a vain man, in order that it may. – William Hazlitt

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A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one – they show one another off to the best advantage. – William Hazlitt

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

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

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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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