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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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If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties. – Francis Bacon

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Monopolists who fear competition and who distrust democracy because it stands for equal opportunity would like to secure their position against small and energetic enterprise. – Henry A. Wallace

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Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love. – Mel Brooks

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Who is more foolish, the child afraid of the dark or the man afraid of the light? – Maurice Freehill

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Good men have the fewest fears. He has but one great fear who fears to do wrong he has a thousand who has overcome it. – Christian Nestell Bovee

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