"He had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause; to an ardent, generous, perhaps an immoderate passion for fame; a passion which is the instinct of all great souls."

Cause, Fame, Instinct, Passion

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"He had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause; to an ardent, generous, perhaps an immoderate passion for fame; a passion which is the instinct of all great souls."

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"The cause is hidden; the effect is visible to all."

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"For these cultures, getting rid of the pain without addressing the deeper cause would be like shutting off a fire alarm while the fire's still going."

David Foster Wallace, American Writer

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"It is difficult to determine the cause of grass fires. There is usually nothing left behind when we get there, like a cigarette or a gas can, for us to determine what started it."

"We are too much accustomed to attribute to a single cause that which is the product of several, and the majority of our controversies come from that."

"Every general increase of freedom is accompanied by some degeneracy, attributable to the same causes as the freedom."

"One night all the James Brown band was playing on stage and I look in the back and I could see Mick Jagger and Keith Richards trying to get in the club and they couldn't get in cause it was to crowded."

"So inscrutable is the arrangement of causes and consequences in this world, that a two-penny duty on tea, unjustly imposed in a sequestered part of it, changes the condition of all its inhabitants."

"The cause is hidden; the effect is visible to all."

"Petroleum is a more likely cause of international conflict than wheat."

"For these cultures, getting rid of the pain without addressing the deeper cause would be like shutting off a fire alarm while the fire's still going."

"I have long been active in and supportive of conservation and historical preservation causes."

"A strong economy causes an increase in the demand for housing; the increased demand for housing drives real-estate prices and rentals through the roof. And then affordable housing becomes completely inaccessible."

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"Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion."

"The cold neutrality of an impartial judge."

"Whenever our neighbour's house is on fire, it cannot be amiss for the engines to play a little on our own."

"If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed."

"Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls."

"Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it."

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