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Quote by Francis Bacon
Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes adversity not w

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes adversity not without many comforts and hopes. – Francis Bacon

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Suspicions that the mind, of itself, gathers, are but buzzes; but suspicions that are artificially nourished and put into mens heads by the tales and whisperings of others, have stings. – Francis Bacon

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Terror is as much a part of the concept of truth as runniness is of the concept of jam. We wouldnt like jam if it didnt, by its very nature, ooze. We wouldnt like truth if it wasnt sticky, if, from time to time, it didnt ooze blood. – Jean Baudrillard

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Cruelty is softened by fear, not pity. – Mason Cooley

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I think we have lost our groove as a country. One of the reasons was the attack on 9/11. We got knocked off our game. From a country that always exported hope we went into the business of exporting fear. – Thomas Friedman

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Peace, if it ever exists, will not be based on the fear of war but on the love of peace. – Julien Benda

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