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In superstition wise men follow fools. - Francis Bacon Reason shapes the future, but superstition infects the present. - Iain M. Banks Foul Superstition! howsoe'er disguised, Idol, saint, virgin, prophet, crescent, cross, For whatsoever symbol thou art prized, Thou sacerdotal gain, but general loss! Who from true worship's gold can separate thy dross? - Lord Byron (George Gordon Noel Byron), Childe Harold (canto II, st. 44) Superstition! that horrid incubus which dwelt in darkness, shunning the light, with all its racks, and poison chalices, and foul sleeping draughts, is passing away without return. Religion cannot pass away. The burning of a little straw may hide the stars of the sky; but the stars are there and will reappear. - Thomas Carlyle Superstition is a senseless fear of God; religion, the pious worship of God. - Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero) (often called "Tully" for short) Religion is not removed by removing superstition. [Sp., Superstitione tollenda religio non tollitur.] - Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero) (often called "Tully" for short), De Divinatone (II, 72) Death approaches, which is always impending like the stone over Tantalus: then comes superstition with which he who is imbued can never have peace of mind. [Lat., Accedit etiam mors, quae quasi saxum Tantalo semper impendit: tum superstitio, qua qui est imbutus quietus esse numquam potest.] - Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero) (often called "Tully" for short), De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum (I) There is in superstition a senseless fear of God; religion consists in the pious worship of Him. [Lat., Superstitio, in qua inest inanis timor Dei; religio, quae dei pio cultu continetur.] - Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero) (often called "Tully" for short), De Natura Deorum (I, 42) My right eye itches, some good luck is near. - John Dryden, Paraphrase of Amaryllis--Third Idyllium of Theocritus (l. 86) Superstitions are, for the most part, but the shadows of great truths. - Tryon Edwards Superstition renders a man a fool, and scepticism makes him mad. - Henry Fielding Alas! you know the cause too well; The salt is spilt, to me it fell. Then to contribute to my loss, My knife and fork were laid across; On Friday, too! the day I dread; Would I were safe at home, in bed! Last night (I vow to Heaven 'tis true) Bounce from the fire a coffin flew. Next post some fatal news shall tell: God send my Cornish friends be well! - John Gay, Fables (pt. I, fable 37) Dish yer rabbit foot'll gin you good luck. De man w'at tote it mighty ap'fer ter come out right en' up wen deys any racket gwine on in de neighborhoods, let 'er be whar she will en w'en she may; mo' espeshually ef de man w'at got it know 'zactly w'at he got ter do. - Joel Chandler Harris, Brother Rabbit and his famous Foot Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable. - Joseph Joubert Superstition always inspires littleness, religion grandeur of mind; the superstitious raises beings inferior to himself to deities. - Johann Kaspar Lavater (John Caspar Lavater) A foolish superstition introduces the influences of the gods even in the smallest matters. [Lat., Minimis etiam rebus prava religio inserit deos.] - Titus Livy, Annales (XXVII, 23) Superstition, idolatry, and hypocrisy have ample wages, but truth goes begging. - Martin Luther There is but one thing that can free a man from superstition, and that is belief. All history proves it. The most sceptical have ever been the most credulous. - George MacDonald Why is it that we entertain the belief that for every purpose odd numbers are the most effectual? - Pliny the Elder (Caius Plinius Secundus), Natural History (bk. XXVIII, ch. V) I think we cannot too strongly attack superstition, which is the disturber of society; nor too highly respect genuine religion, which is the support of it. - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Midnight hags, By force of potent spells, of bloody characters, And conjurations horrible to hear, Call fiends and spectres from the yawning deep, And set the ministers of hell at work. - Nicholas Rowe, Jane Shore (act IV, sc. I, l. 240) Religion worships God, while superstition profanes that worship. - Seneca (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) I pull in resolution, and begin To doubt th' equivocation of the fiend, That lies like truth. - William Shakespeare, Macbeth (Macbeth at V, v) Some devils ask but the parings of one's nail, A rush, a hair, a drop of blood, a pin, A nut, a cherry stone; But she, more covetous, would have a chain. Master, be wise; and if you give it her, The devil will shake her chain and fright us with it. - William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors (Dromio of Syracuse at IV, iii) Number three is always fortunate. - Tobias George Smollett, Peregrine Pickle, quoted as a well-known proverb Displaying page 1 of 2 for this topic: Next >> [1] 2
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