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The root of all superstition is that men observe when things hit， and not when they miss， and commit to memory the one， and pass over the other.
The wise person does not dogmatically assert anything， not even that the wise person knows nothing.
In things indifferent， nothing is preferable to anything else.
We can say things with words； and we can do things with words.
Society can and does execute its own mandates， and if it issues wrong mandates instead of right， or any mandates at all in things with which it ought not to meddle， it practices a social tyranny more formidable than many kinds of political oppression， since， though not usually upheld by such extreme penalties， it leaves fewer means of escape， penetrating much more deeply into the details of life， and enslaving the soul itself.