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“The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.”

Francis Bacon, Sr. quotes (English Lawyer and Philosopher. 1561-1626)

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“I worry that, especially as the Millennium edges nearer, pseudo-science and superstition will seem year by year more tempting, the siren song of unreason more sonorous and attractive.”

Dr. Carl Sagan quotes (American Astronomer, Writer and Scientist, 1934-1996)

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“There are people who think that honesty is always the best policy. This is a superstition; there are times when the appearance of it is worth six of it.”

Mark Twain quotes (American Humorist, Writer and Lecturer. 1835-1910)

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“Everyone has his superstitions. One of mine has always been when I started to go anywhere, or to do anything, never to turn back or to stop until the thing intended was accomplished.”

Ulysses S. Grant quotes (American 18th US President (1869-77), famous commander of the Union armies during the late years of the American Civil War. 1822-1885)

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“The religious superstition is encouraged by means of the institution of churches, processions, monuments, festivities....The so-called clergy stupefy the masses....They befog the people and keep them in an eternal condition of stupefaction”

Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy quotes (Russian moral Thinker, Novelist and Philosopher, notable for his influence on Russian literature and politics. 1828-1910)

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“It is safe to say that no other superstition is so detrimental to growth, so enervating and paralyzing to the minds and hearts of the people, as the superstition of Morality”

Emma Goldman quotes (Lithuanian born American International anarchist who conducted leftist activities in the United States from about 1890 to 1917. 1869-1940)

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“Man's mind is like a store of idolatry and superstition; so much so that if a man believes his own mind it is certain that he will forsake God and forge some idol in his own brain”

John Calvin quotes (French ecclesiastical Statesman and Theologian, 1509-1564)

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“Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy: the mad daughter of a wise mother”

Voltaire quotes (French Philosopher and Writer. One of the greatest of all French authors, 1694-1778)

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“The religious superstitions of women perpetuate their bondage more than all other adverse influences”

Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes (American A pioneer in the modern quest for women's rights, 1815-1902)

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“Such is the way of all superstition, whether in astrology, dreams, omens, divine judgments, or the like; wherein men, having a delight in such vanities, mark the events where they are fulfilled, but where they fail, though this happen much oftener, n”

Francis Bacon, Sr. quotes (English Lawyer and Philosopher. 1561-1626)

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