...it is the peculiar and perpetual error of the human understanding to be more moved and excited by affirmatives than by negatives... (Francis Bacon)

...it is the peculiar and perpetual error of the human understanding to be more moved and excited by affirmatives than by negatives...

Francis Bacon

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