Superstition Quote by Francis Bacon Sr Download Open image “There is superstition in avoiding superstitions” — Francis Bacon Sr ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Superstition
Superstition is just fantasy with attitude; it's a way of erroneously trying to control events. — Joy Browne Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Superstition is but the fear of belief. — Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington Copy Share Image
Superstitions typically involve seeing order where in fact there is none, and denial amounts to rejecting evidence of regularities, sometimes even ones that are… — Murray Gell-Mann Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
This delivering of knowledge in distinct and disjointed aphorisms doth leave the wit of man more free to turn and toss, and to make… — Francis Bacon Sr Copy Share Image
If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world, and that his heart is no… — Francis Bacon Sr Copy Share Image
Young men are fitter to invent than to judge, fitter for execution than for counsel, and fitter for new projects than for settled business. — Francis Bacon Sr Copy Share Image
The best preservative to keep the mind on health is the faithful admonition of a friend. — Francis Bacon Sr Copy Share Image
He that defers his charity until he is dead is, if a man weighs it rightly, rather liberal of another man's goods than his… — Francis Bacon Sr Copy Share Image
The desire for power in excess caused angels to fall; the desire for knowledge in excess caused man to fall; but in charity is… — Francis Bacon Sr Copy Share Image
Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. — Francis Bacon Sr Copy Share Image
A just fear of an imminent danger, though there be no blow given, is a lawful cause of war — Francis Bacon Sr Copy Share Image
“All religions worthy of the name are now making great efforts to purify their doctrines and return to their original standpoint, — all except… — Virchand Gandhi Copy Share Image
“In spite of being complicated people choose superstitions over common sense.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
If you were to leave the calendar on Friday the 13th, you will be killed by a witch the very next day.w — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Many people do simply awful things out of sincere religious belief, not using religion as a cover the way that Saddam Hussein may have… — Steven Weinberg Copy Share Image
“The Jews are an ignorant and barbarous people, who have long united the most sordid avarice with the most detestable superstition and the most… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“Though the continued march of intellect and education have nearly obliterated from the mind of the Scots a belief in the marvelous, still a… — James Grant Copy Share Image
“Scientific research is based on the idea that everything that takes place is determined by laws of nature, and therefore this holds for the… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“What is to be, will be, and no prayers of ours can arrest the decree.” — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“There is hardly an absurdity of the past that cannot be found flourishing somewhere in the present. Underneath all civilization, ancient or modern, moved… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
“Man, it is true, can, by combination, surmount all his real enemies, and become master of the whole animal creation: but does he not… — David Hume Copy Share Image
I've always thought it was important not to attach too much superstition to the space where you're writing, because once you get into the… — Sadie Jones Copy Share Image
“I have my superstitions, though. They could be termed quirks. I have to add up all numbers: there are some people I never telephone… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
