#reeds

The whole history of civilization is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

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I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless. ↗

— Bette Davis

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The man who never alters his opinions is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind. ↗

— William Blake

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Energy is an eternal delight, and he who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence. ↗

— William Blake

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He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence. ↗

— William Blake

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Every clarification breeds new questions. ↗

— Arthur Bloch

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Every solution breeds new problems. ↗

— Arthur Bloch

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There are people who believe in expanding the welfare state across the spectrum of races and ethnicities and creeds. ↗

— Jeb Bush

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Yet creeds mean very little, Coth answered the dark god, still speaking almost gently. The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true. ↗

— James Branch Cabell

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Extremes, though contrary, have the like effects. Extreme heat kills, and so extreme cold: extreme love breeds satiety, and so extreme hatred; and too violent rigor tempts chastity, as does too much license. ↗

— George Chapman

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