"The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses." ― Francis Bacon Topic(s): Men Tags: superstition More From Francis Bacon "Many a man’s strength is in opposition, and when he faileth, he grows out of use." "Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper." "Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise." More In Men "I put for the general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death."― Thomas Hobbes "Women in love are less ashamed than men. They have less to be ashamed of."― Ambrose Bierce "What is grand is necessarily obscure to weak men. That which can be made explicit to the idiot is not worth my care."― William Blake