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Quote by Francis Bacon
The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits

The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses. – Francis Bacon

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A bachelors life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and a miserable dinner. – Francis Bacon

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There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool. – Francis Bacon

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People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf. – George Orwell

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When a hundred men stand together, each of them loses his mind and gets another one. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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Men feel that cruelty to the poor is a kind of cruelty to animals. They never feel that it is an injustice to equals nay it is treachery to comrades. – Gilbert K. Chesterton

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Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give bad examples. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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