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Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes, the first outbreak being often but an explosion of anger. ↗

— Thucydides

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In the discovery of secret things and in the investigation of hidden causes, stronger reasons are obtained from sure experiments and demonstrated arguments than from probable conjectures and the opinions of philosophical speculators of the common sort. ↗

— William Gilbert

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Attention is the way social primates measure status. It is highly rewarding because it causes the release of brain chemicals such as dopamine and endorphins. ↗

— Keith Henson

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My illness is excruciating and difficult to cope with. It takes over your entire life and causes more suffering than I can describe. ↗

— Laura Hillenbrand

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All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. ↗

— Aristotle

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In larger things we are convivial; what causes trouble is the trivial. ↗

— Richard Armour

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Home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs, and unpopular names, and impossible loyalties! ↗

— Matthew Arnold

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In Hollywood, all marriages are happy. It's trying to live together afterwards that causes the problems. ↗

— Shelley Winters

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The final causes, then, of compassion are to prevent and to relieve misery. ↗

— Joseph Butler

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As we consider the causes of depression, those of us in the church must face the ways we might be responsible for creating it. ↗

— Tony Campolo

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