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迷信
Superstition
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.
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。
I have a superstition about saying too much about what I want to happen, just in case it all disappears, or someone else comes along and beats me to it.
我有一种迷信，认为对于自己想要发生的事情说得太多，只是为了防止它全部消失，或者有人突然出现，把我打倒在地。
Man's mind is like a store of idolatry and superstition; so much so that if a man believes his own mind it is certain that he will forsake God and forge some idol in his own brain.
人的心是偶像崇拜和迷信的仓库;甚至如果一个人相信他自己的思想，他一定会抛弃上帝，在自己的头脑中铸造一些偶像。
I worry that, especially as the Millennium edges nearer, pseudo-science and superstition will seem year by year more tempting, the siren song of unreason more sonorous and attractive.
我担心，特别是随着千年的临近，伪科学和迷信似乎会一年比一年更具吸引力，非理性的警笛声会更响亮，更有吸引力。
This is the great object held out by this association; and the means of attaining it is illumination, enlightening the understanding by the sun of reason which will dispell the clouds of superstition and of prejudice.
这就是这个协会提出的伟大目标;达到这一目的的方法是光明，用理性的阳光照亮理智，它将驱散迷信和偏见的阴霾。
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Superstition? Who can define the boundary line between the superstition of yesterday and the scientific fact of tomorrow?
迷信?谁能确定昨天的迷信和明天的科学事实之间的界线呢?
I had only one superstition. I made sure to touch all the bases when I hit a home run.
我只有一个迷信。当我打出全垒打时，我一定要触到所有的垒。
A dimple in the chin, your living comes in; a dimple in the cheek, your living to seek.
一个酒窝在下巴，你的生活进来;脸颊上的酒窝，你活着去寻找。
Speak to the Devil and you'll hear the clatter of his hooves.
跟魔鬼说话，你就会听到他的马蹄声。
Pulling the devil by the leg is a bad grip.
牵着魔鬼的腿是一种不好的握法。