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Quote by David Hume
Scholastic learning and polemical divinity retarded the growth of

Scholastic learning and polemical divinity retarded the growth of all true knowledge. – David Hume

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Every wise, just, and mild government, by rendering the condition of its subjects easy and secure, will always abound most in people, as well as in commodities and riches. – David Hume

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

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This avidity alone, of acquiring goods and possessions for ourselves and our nearest friends, is insatiable, perpetual, universal, and directly destructive of society. – David Hume

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Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom. – Plato

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Im one of those women who likes to chat and share knowledge and pass it around. – Jennie Garth

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Most of my technical knowledge comes from having worked in the industrial video industry. – Richard King

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Later, I realized that the mission had to end in a let-down because the real barrier wasnt in the sky but in our knowledge and experience of supersonic flight. – Chuck Yeager

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