The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.

Such is the way of all superstition, whether in astrology, dreams, omens, divine judgments, or the like; wherein men, having a delight in such vanities, mark the events where they are fulfilled, but where they fail, though this happen much oftener, n

The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.

There is superstition in avoiding superstitions

The general root of superstition : namely, that men observe when things hit, and not when they miss; and commit to memory the one, and forget and pass over the other.

The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.