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Quote by David Hume
The corruption of the best things gives rise to the worst. - David

The corruption of the best things gives rise to the worst. – David Hume

Other quotes by David Hume

This avidity alone, of acquiring goods and possessions for ourselves and our nearest friends, is insatiable, perpetual, universal, and directly destructive of society. – David Hume

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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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And it is still true, no matter how old you are, when you go out into the world it is best to hold hands and stick together. – Robert Fulghum

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In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something else. – Lee Iacocca

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I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my sails full. – Arthur Ashe

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Hope is the best possession. None are completely wretched but those who are without hope. Few are reduced so low as that. – William Hazlitt

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