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

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English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626)

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

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"Francis Bacon." Quotes.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2009. 9 November. 2009. http://www.quotes.net/quote/5725