There is superstition in avoiding superstitions

Quote by Francis Bacon Sr

Topics: Superstition Quotes

Good questions outrank easy answers.

Good questions outrank easy answers.

Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses.

Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses.

Knowledge is power.

Knowledge is power.

Beauty itself is but the sensible image of the Infinite.

Beauty itself is but the sensible image of the Infinite.

The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.

The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.

Revenge is a kind of wild justice.

Revenge is a kind of wild justice.

Knowledge is power.

Knowledge is power.

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

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

Prosperity discovers vice, adversity discovers virtue.

Prosperity discovers vice, adversity discovers virtue.

Cleanness of body was ever deemed to proceed from a due reverence to God.

Cleanness of body was ever deemed to proceed from a due reverence to God.

Croesus said to Cambyses; That peace was better than war; because in peace the sons...

Croesus said to Cambyses; That peace was better than war; because in peace the sons...

The remedy is worse than the disease.

The remedy is worse than the disease.

There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.

There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.

He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and...

He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and...

Atheism is rather in the life than in the heart of man

Atheism is rather in the life than in the heart of man

It is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man and the...

It is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man and the...

Great hypocrite are the real atheists

Great hypocrite are the real atheists

They that deny a God destroy man's nobility, for certainly man is of kin to...

They that deny a God destroy man's nobility, for certainly man is of kin to...

One of the most secure markets in the world is human nature, few understand it,...

One of the most secure markets in the world is human nature, few understand it,...

Men can live without air a few minutes, without water for about two weeks, without...

Men can live without air a few minutes, without water for about two weeks, without...