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Bertrand Russell1 quote
Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. — Bertrand Russell · 1950Edmund Burke1 quote
Superstition is the religion of feeble minds. — Edmund Burke · 1790Johann Wolfgang von Goethe1 quote
Superstition is the poetry of life. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · 1823Michael Scott1 quote
I’m not superstitious, but I am a little stitious. — Michael Scott · 2007T.H. Huxley1 quote
It is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions. — T.H. Huxley · 1880Voltaire1 quote
Superstition sets the whole world in flames; philosophy quenches them. — Voltaire · 1764