A propensity to hope and joy is real riches: One to fear and sorrow, real poverty. — David Hume
A propensity to hope and joy is real riches: One to fear and sorrow, real poverty.
1758
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Hume, David. "The Sceptic." Essays, Moral, Political, and Literary: Volumes 1 and 2, edited by Tom L. Beauchamp and Mark A Box. Oxford University Press, 2022, pt. 1, no. 18.
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Hume, David. "The Sceptic." Essays, Moral, Political, and Literary. Edinburgh: A. Kincaid, 1758, pt. 1, no. 18.
