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We are all tattooed in our cradles with the beliefs of our tribe.
We are all tattooed in our cradles with the beliefs of our tribe.
Everyone has his superstitions. One of mine has always been when I started to go anywhere, or to do anything, read more
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.
Superstition is ... religion which is incongruous with intelligence.
Superstition is ... religion which is incongruous with intelligence.
Superstition, idolatry, and hypocrisy have ample wages, but truth goes begging.
Superstition, idolatry, and hypocrisy have ample wages, but truth goes begging.
Superstition is a senseless fear of God.
Superstition is a senseless fear of God.
Superstition is the poison of the mind.
Superstition is the poison of the mind.
I have, thanks to my travels, added to my stock all the superstitions of other countries. I know them all read more
I have, thanks to my travels, added to my stock all the superstitions of other countries. I know them all now, and in any critical moment of my life, they all rise up in armed legions for or against me.
There are people who think that honesty is always the best policy. This is a superstition; there are times when read more
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.
Such is the way of all superstition, whether in astrology, dreams, omens, divine judgments, or the like; wherein men, having read more
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