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Avarice, the spur of industry. - David Hume

Avarice, the spur of industry. – David Hume

Other quotes by David Hume

The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny. – David Hume

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Patriotism
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David Hume
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Belief is nothing but a more vivid, lively, forcible, firm, steady conception of an object, than what the imagination alone is ever able to attain. – David Hume

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alone
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David Hume
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Big mouthfuls often choke. – Italian Proverb

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Greed

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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Greed

The avarice person is ever in want; let your desired aim have a fixed limit. – Horace

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Greed

So for a good old-gentlemanly vice, I think I must take up with avarice. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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Greed

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The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson. – Larry Bird

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