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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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A man acquainted with history may, in some respect, be said to have lived from the beginning of the world, and to have been making continual additions to his stock of knowledge in every century. – David Hume

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History
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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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History
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David Hume
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We have perhaps a natural fear of ends. We would rather be always on the way than arrive. Given the means, we hang on to them and often forget the ends. – Eric Hoffer

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Fear

Only weeks after Oslo began, when nearly all the world and most of Israel was drunk with the idea of peace, I argued that a Palestinian society not constrained by democratic norms would be a fear society that would pose a grave threat to Israel. – Natan Sharansky

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Fear

We have not sought this conflict we have sought too long to avoid it our forbearance has been construed into weakness, our magnanimity into fear, until the vindication of our manhood, as well as the defence of our rights, is required at our hands. – Robert Toombs

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Fear

To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it those who have, fear it. – Horace

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Fear

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Go as far as you can see when you get there, youll be able to see farther. – J. P. Morgan

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The money can be a hindrance to someone like me because the danger is that you start thinking, Is that a $20 million take? That kind of thing, and being self-critical. – Jim Carrey

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History is never above the melee. It is not allowed to be neutral, but forced to enlist in every army. – Allan Nevins, The Gateway to History

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Well, the truth is that a lot of people lie about their health, they lie about the finances, they lie about things at work, they lie about things. – Laura Schlessinger

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