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Quote by Francis Bacon
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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Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men. – Francis Bacon

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If a man harbors any sort of fear, it percolates through all thinking, damages his personality and makes him a landlord to a ghost. – Lloyd Douglas

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Limits, like fear, is often an illusion. – Michael Jordan

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That fear first created the gods is perhaps as true as anything so brief could be on so great a subject. – George Santayana

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Sides are being divided now. Its very obvious. So if youre on the other side of the fence, youre suddenly anti-American. Its breeding fear of being on the wrong side. – Sam Shepard

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