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«The greatest American superstition is a belief in facts»
«Superstition is the poison of the mind»
Author: Joseph Lewis
| About:
Superstition
«Superstition is the weakness of the human mind; it is inherent in that mind; it has always been, and always will be»
«Superstition is the religion of feeble minds»
«There is superstition in avoiding superstitions»
«Superstition is poetry of life, so that it does not injure the poet to be superstitious»
«Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable»
«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»
Author: Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
(Novelist, Philosopher, Thinker)
| About:
Church,
Religion,
Superstition
| Keywords:
befog, churches, clergy, encouraged, monuments, processions, so-called, stupefaction, stupefied, stupefies, stupefy, stupefying, The Masses, The So
«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.»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
| About:
Honesty,
Superstition
| Keywords:
six times, This is a
«Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy: the mad daughter of a wise mother»
Author: Voltaire
(Philosopher, Writer)
| About:
Astrology,
Astronomy,
Superstition
| Keywords:
astronomy
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