The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.
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There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.Francis Bacon
Acorns were good until bread was found.
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Seek not proud wealth but such as thou mayest get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and love contentedly
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Men on their side must force themselves for a while to lay their notions by and begin to familiarize themselves with facts.
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Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse.
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Croesus said to Cambyses That peace was better than war because in peace the sons did bury their fathers, but in wars the fathers did bury their sons
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