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Reading and sauntering and lounging and dosing, which I call thinking, is my supreme Happiness.

David Hume

We make allowance for a certain degree of selfishness in men; because we know it to be inseparable from human nature, and inherent in our frame and constitution. By this reflexion we correct those sentiments of blame, which so naturally arise upon any opposition.
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Allow Blame Human Man Philosophy Selfish Separate
Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions.
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Passion Reason Slave
If subjects must never resist, it follows that every prince, without any effort, policy, or violence, is at once rendered absolute and uncontrollable.
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Effort Follow Philosophy Resist Violence
The fact that different cultures have different practices no more refutes [moral] objectivism than the fact that water flows in different directions in different places refutes the law of gravity.
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Culture Different Direction Fact Law Place Water
It is, therefore, a just political maxim, that every man must be supposed a knave.
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Man Philosophy Politics
I never knew anyone, that examined and deliberated about nonsense, who did not believe it before the end of his enquiries.
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Believe Deep Examine Philosophy
The science of man is the only solid foundation for the other sciences.
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Foundation Man Science
Heaven and Hell suppose two distinct species of men, the good and bad.
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Bad Deep Good Heaven Hell Man Philosophy Religious
Be a philosopher; but, amidst all your philosophy, be still a man.
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Deep Man Philosophy
Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.
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Danger Deep Error Philosophy Religious Speak
The bigotry of theologians is a malady which seems almost incurable.
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Cure Philosophy
All knowledge degenerates into probability.
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Knowledge One Liner
The gazing populace receive greedily, without examination, whatever soothes superstition and promotes wonder.
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Greedy Philosophy Wonder
A purpose, an intention, a design, strikes everywhere even the careless, the most stupid thinker.
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Care Design Purpose Stupidity Think
No man ever threw away life while it was worth keeping.
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Life Man Worth
Reading and sauntering and lounging and dosing, which I call thinking, is my supreme Happiness.
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