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Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folks who can't mind their own business, because they have no business of their own to mind, any more than a smallpox virus has.

— William S. Burroughs

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I've always found people to be by far the biggest problem-causers in life.

— Mark Shand

People have an awful lot of problems that society has put on them and a lot to work through because of it.

— Dana Plato

Many gloat over their own troubles.

— Mason Cooley

Smallpox was the worst disease in history. It killed more people than all the wars in history.

— Larry Brilliant

What I worry about is that when problems are not addressed, people will not know who is responsible.

— David Souter

The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds.

— Will Durant

Some people bear three kinds of trouble - the ones they've had, the ones they have, and the ones they expect to have.

— H. G. Wells

Something is sick with our society that we have to deal with.

— Jane Velez-Mitchell

We are infected by our own misunderstanding of how our own minds work.

— Kevin Kelly

✗Opposing Perspectives

All causes are essentially mental, and whosoever comes into daily contact with a high order of thinking must take on some of it.

— Charles Fillmore