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Avarice, the spur of industry. - David Hume

Avarice, the spur of industry. – David Hume

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A propensity to hope and joy is real riches one to fear and sorrow real poverty. – David Hume

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Fear
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David Hume
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The advantages found in history seem to be of three kinds, as it amuses the fancy, as it improves the understanding, and as it strengthens virtue. – David Hume

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History
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David Hume
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It is not the want, but rather abundance that creates avarice. – Michel de Montaigne

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Big mouthfuls often choke. – Italian Proverb

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If your desires be endless, your cares and fears will be so too. – Thomas Fuller

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I have news for the forces of greed and the defenders of the status quo; your time has come and gone. Its time for change in America. – William Jefferson Clinton

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