Superstition

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The superstition in which we were brought up never loses its power over us, even after we understand it
You will not think it unnatural that those who have an object depending, which strongly engages their hopes and fears, should be somewhat inclining to superstition
Superstition is related to this life, religion to the next; superstition is allied to fatality, religion to virtue; it is by the vivacity of earthly desires that we become superstitious; it is, on the contrary, by the sacrifice of these desires that we become religious
Superstition is the poetry of life
The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses
In superstition wise men follow fools
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