"It is true that may hold in these things, which is 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."
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Sylva Sylvarum Century X (1627)
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Francis Bacon
1561 – 1626
englischer Philosoph, Staatsmann und Naturwissenschaftler
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