The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, and not when it misses.
Empiricism, scientific method
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"The mind of man is far from a clear and even mirror, but is rather like an enchanted glass, full of superstitions and impostures."
Shocking"Paradoxically, Bacon holds that the internally colonized may be treated with greater severity, as suppressed rebels, than the externally colonized, who are more fitly a subject of the ius gentium."
Controversial"The human understanding is like a false mirror, which, receiving rays irregularly, distorts and discolors the nature of things by mingling its own nature with it."
Strange & Unusual"For there is no such flatterer as is a man's self."
Humorous"The human understanding from its peculiar nature, easily supposes a greater degree of order and equality in things than it really finds."
Strange & Unusual