We do not destroy religion by destroying superstition.

About Cicero

Portrait of Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero ( SISS-ər-oh, Classical Latin: [ˈmaːrkʊs ˈtʊlli.ʊs ˈkɪkɛroː]; 3 January 106 BC – 7 December 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher, orator, and writer who tried to uphold optimate principles during the political crises of the Roman Republic that led to the establishment of the...

More quotations from Cicero

It is a great thing to know our vices.

There is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said it.

Peace has never come from dropping bombs. Real peace comes from enlightenment and educating people to behave more in a divine manner.

He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.

Endless money forms the sinews of war.

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More quotations tagged with “superstition”

I have only one superstition. I touch all the bases when I hit a home run.

Faith must have adequate evidence, else it is mere superstition.

—Alexander Hodge

Count Hermann Keyserling once said truly that the greatest American superstition was belief in facts.

—John Gunther

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Maybe love was superstition, a prayer we said to keep the truth of loneliness at bay. I tilted my head back. The stars looked like they were close together, when really they were millions of miles apart. In the end, maybe love just meant longing for something impossibly bright and forever out of reach.

—Leigh Bardugo in Ruin and Rising

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It is bad luck to be superstitious.

—Andrew W. Mathis

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