Quote by David Hume
Avarice, the spur of industry. - David Hume

Avarice, the spur of industry. – David Hume

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A man acquainted with history may, in some respect, be said to have lived from the beginning of the world, and to have been making continual additions to his stock of knowledge in every century. – David Hume

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Any person seasoned with a just sense of the imperfections of natural reason, will fly to revealed truth with the greatest avidity. – David Hume

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Big mouthfuls often choke. – Italian Proverb

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For at least another hundred years we must pretend to ourselves and to every one that fair is foul and foul is fair; for foul is useful and fair is not. Avarice and usury and precaution must be our gods for a little longer still. – John Maynard Keynes

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Avarice is the sphincter of the heart. – Matthew Green

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The average man does not know what to do with this life, yet wants another one which will last forever. – Anatole France

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