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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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People of great position are servants times three, servants of their country, servants of fame, and servants of business. – Francis Bacon

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It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a mans self. – Francis Bacon

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I have accepted fear as a part of life — specifically the fear of change…. I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back. – Erica Jong

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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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The secret of life is to have no fear its the only way to function. – Stokely Carmichael

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Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies resources, and minimized their own. – Titus Livius

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Life lesson from the nursery: Broken crayons can still color. – Author unknown

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The government should set a goal for a clean environment but not mandate how that goal should be implemented. – Dixie Lee Ray

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To say that authority, whether secular or religious, supplies no ground for morality is not to deny the obvious fact that it supplies a sanction. – Sir Alfred Jules Ayer

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The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office. – George Bernard Shaw

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