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In fact men will fight for a superstition quite as quickly as for a living truth - often more so, since a superstition is so intangible you cannot get at it to refute it, but truth is a point of view, and so is changeable.

The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.

I'm not one of those superstitious people.

The brave men die in war. It takes great luck or judgment not to be killed. Once, at least, the head has to bow and the knee has to bend to danger. The soldiers who march back under the triumphal arches are death's deserters.

I'm not superstitious.

Ah, yes, superstition: it would appear to be cowardice in face of the supernatural.

I have, thanks to my travels, added to my stock all the superstitions of other countries. I know them all now, and in any critical moment of my life, they all rise up in armed legions for or against me.

Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs.