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Plagues Quotes by Voltaire
- Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes.
- Even in those cities which seem to enjoy the blessings of peace, and where the arts florish, the inhabitants are devoured by envy, cares and…
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- As a species, we've somehow survived large and small ice ages, genetic bottlenecks, plagues, world wars and all manner of natural disasters,… — Diane Ackerman
- When I'm on my own, I can be negative. I need my friends and family around to help pick me up if… — Jenson Button
- And of all plagues with which mankind are curst, Ecclesiastic tyranny's the worst. — Daniel Defoe
- Human beings have the capacity to learn to want almost any conceivable material object. Given, then, the emergence of a modern industrial… — Jules Henry
- He who disdains the fall in infant mortality and the gradual disappearance of famines and plagues may cast the first stone upon… — Ludwig von Mises
- O witches, O misery, O hate, to you has my treasure been entrusted! I contrived to purge my mind of all human… — Arthur Rimbaud
- I don't believe in evil; I believe only in horror. In nature there is no evil, only an abundance of horror: the… — Isak Dinesen
- The great virtue of a diversified food economy, like a diverse pasture or farm, is its ability to withstand any shock. The… — Michael Pollan