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Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them.

David Hume

Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.
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Danger Deep Error Philosophy Religious Speak
A wise man apportions his beliefs to the evidence.
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Believe Evidence Man One Liner Wise
There is nothing to be learnt from a Professor, which is not to be met with in Books.
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Book Deep Learning Philosophy
All knowledge degenerates into probability.
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Knowledge One Liner
It is difficult for a man to speak long of himself without vanity.
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Difficult Man Philosophy Speak
But the greatest part of mankind float between vice and virtue.
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Float Great Man Virtue
It is, therefore, a just political maxim, that every man must be supposed a knave.
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Man Philosophy Politics
When suicide is out of fashion we conclude that none but madmen destroy themselves.
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Death Destroy Mental
no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a kind, that its falsehood would be more miraculous, than the fact, which it endeavors to establish.
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When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation which alone can secure them from the grossest absurdities.
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Alone Arrogant Man Mistake Passion Secure
No man ever threw away life while it was worth keeping.
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Life Man Worth
It is possible for the same thing both to be and not to be.
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Deep Philosophy Possible Thing
Revolutions of government cannot be effected by the mere force of argument and reasoning.
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Argument Force Government Politics Revolution
The gazing populace receive greedily, without examination, whatever soothes superstition and promotes wonder.
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Greedy Philosophy Wonder
As every inquiry which regards religion is of the utmost importance, there are two questions in particular which challenge our attention, to wit, that concerning its foundation in reason, and that concerning it origin in human nature.
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Attention Challenge Deep Foundation Human Important Philosophy Reason Religious
Heaven and Hell suppose two distinct species of men, the good and bad.
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Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them.

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