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.

  • -- Francis Bacon 弗朗西斯·培根

迷信的一般根源是,人们在事情发生的时候观察,而不是在事情没有发生的时候观察,然后记住一件事,忽略另一件事。

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Everyone has his superstitions. One of mine has always been when I started to go anywhere, accomplished.

每个人都有自己的迷信。当我开始去任何地方的时候,我的一个梦想总是实现了。

Pulling the devil by the leg is a bad grip.

牵着魔鬼的腿是一种不好的握法。