Men Quote by Francis Bacon

The general root of superstition is that men observe when things hit, and not when they miss, and commit to memory the one, and…

— Francis Bacon

“The general root of superstition : namely, that men observe when things hit, and not when they miss; and commit to memory the one,…

— Francis Bacon

Men become superstitious, not because they have too much imagination, but because they are not aware that they have any.

— Anonymous

Superstitions are man's way of trying to control things he has no control over...

— Sarah Addison Allen

“The origin of superstition above given affords us a clear reason for the fact, that it comes to all men naturally, though some refer…

— Christopher Hitchens

Superstition is a part of the very being of humanity; and when we fancy that we are banishing it altogether, it takes refuge in…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

There is superstition in avoiding superstitions

— Francis Bacon Sr

Superstition is the poetry of life. It is inherent in man's nature; and when we think it is wholly eradicated, it takes refuge in…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Superstition is just fantasy with attitude; it's a way of erroneously trying to control events.

— Joy Browne

Men are probably nearer the essential truth in their superstitions than in their science.

— Henry David Thoreau

Religious superstition consists in the belief that the sacrifices, often of human lives, made to the imaginary being are essential, and that men may…

— Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy

Superstition is not, as has been defined, an excess of religious feeling, but a misdirection of it, an exhausting of it on vanities of…

— Richard Whately