Scissors/culture/superstition

Famous quotes containing the words culture and/or superstition:

    ... good and evil appear to be joined in every culture at the spine.
    Flannery O’Connor (1925–1964)

    That the corruption of the best things produces the worst, is grown into a maxim, and is commonly proved, among other instances, by the pernicious effects of superstition and enthusiasm, the corruptions of true religion.
    David Hume (1711–1776)