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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

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The Christian religion not only was at first attended with miracles, but even at this day cannot be believed by any reasonable person without one. – David Hume

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David Hume
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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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You must be worthy of the best, but not more worthy than the rest. – Denis Waitley

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Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny. – Thomas Jefferson

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Activist government overreach and ongoing economic stagnation have shown us why Washington should not try to displace what is best left to civil society. – Paul Ryan

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The human body is the best picture of the human soul. – Ludwig Wittgenstein

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