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It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldnt have it, t

It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldnt have it, to fear and suspect the worst. – Desiderius Erasmus

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What difference is there, do you think, between those in Platos cave who can only marvel at the shadows and images of various objects, provided they are content and dont know what they miss, and the philosopher who has emerged from the cave and sees the real things? – Desiderius Erasmus

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Illusion
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They take unbelievable pleasure in the hideous blast of the hunting horn and baying of the hounds. Dogs dung smells sweet as cinnamon to them. – Desiderius Erasmus

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Hunting
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Nature, more of a stepmother than a mother in several ways, has sown a seed of evil in the hearts of mortals, especially in the more thoughtful men, which makes them dissatisfied with their own lot and envious of another s. – Desiderius Erasmus

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Nature
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Other Quotes from
Fear
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I knew that if I allowed fear to overtake me, my journey was doomed. Fear, to a great extent, is born of a story we tell ourselves, and so I chose to tell myself a different story… – Cheryl Strayed, Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, 2012

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Fear

I am convinced that it is not the fear of death, of our lives ending that haunts our sleep so much as the fear… that as far as the world is concerned, we might as well never have lived. – Harold Kushner

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Fear

Fear is proof of a degenerate mind. – Virgil

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Fear

No one should have to choose between medicine and other necessities. No one should have to use the emergency room every time a child gets sick. And no one should have to live in constant fear that a medical problem will become a financial crisis. – Brad Henry

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Fear

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Aristotle could have avoided the mistake of thinking that women have fewer teeth than men, by the simple device of asking Mrs. Aristotle to keep her mouth open while he counted. – Bertrand Russell

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A good businessman never makes a contract unless hes sure he can carry it through, yet every fool on earth is perfectly willing to sign a marriage contract without considering whether he can live up to it or not. – Dalton Trumbo

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Stadium rock and commercial rock are the opposite of what poetry needs. An audience of around 200 is ideal for poetry. – Adrian Mitchell

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Ive studied all my musical life, but learning is only good if you do something constructive with it. – Tony Williams

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Learning