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Quote by David Hume
A propensity to hope and joy is real riches one to fear and sorrow

A propensity to hope and joy is real riches one to fear and sorrow real poverty. – David Hume

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Philosophy would render us entirely Pyrrhonian, were not nature too strong for it. – David Hume

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The advantages found in history seem to be of three kinds, as it amuses the fancy, as it improves the understanding, and as it strengthens virtue. – David Hume

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No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear. – Edmund Burke

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Fear is a darkroom where negatives develop. – Usman B. Asif

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To pity distress is but human to relieve it is Godlike. – Horace Mann

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The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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