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It is a miserable state of mind to have few things to desire and m

It is a miserable state of mind to have few things to desire and many things to fear. – Francis Bacon

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Truth is a naked and open daylight – Francis Bacon

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He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. – Francis Bacon

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In thinking, if a person begins with certainties, they shall end in doubts, but if they can begin with doubts, they will end in certainties. – Francis Bacon

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People are afraid, and when people are afraid, when their pie is shrinking, they look for somebody to hate. They look for somebody to blame. And a real leader speaks to anxiety and to fear and allays those fears, assuages anxiety. – Henry Louis Gates

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As long as enough people can be frightened, then all people can be ruled. That is how it works in a democratic system and mass fear becomes the ticket to destroy rights across the board. – James Bovard

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Whenever there is fear, you will get wrong figures. – W. Edwards Deming

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A writer of fiction lives in fear. Each new day demands new ideas and he can never be sure whether he is going to come up with them or not. – Roald Dahl

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Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness. – Seneca

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It is a mistake to suppose that people succeed through success; they often succeed through failures. – Author Unknown

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Someone once told me that religion is like a knife: You can stab someone with it, or you can slice bread with it. – Vera Farmiga

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The return makes one love the farewell. – Alfred De Musset

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