I weigh the one miracle against the other and according to the superiority which I discover, I pronounce my decision.

DAVID HUME

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I weigh the one miracle against the other and according to the superiority which I discover, I pronounce my decision.

David Hume

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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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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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When suicide is out of fashion we conclude that none but madmen destroy themselves.

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When suicide is out of fashion we conclude that none but madmen destroy themselves.
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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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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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It is possible for the same thing both to be and not to be.

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It is possible for the same thing both to be and not to be.
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He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper, but he is more excellent who can suit his temper to his circumstance.

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He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper, but he is more excellent who can suit his temper to his circumstance.
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The identity that we ascribe to things is only a fictitious one, established by the mind, not a peculiar nature belonging to what we’re talking about.
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Liberty of any kind is never lost all at once

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Liberty of any kind is never lost all at once
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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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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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Tis not unreasonable for me to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger.

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Tis not unreasonable for me to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger.
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Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty.

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Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty.
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Epicurus’s old questions are still unanswered: Is he (God) willing to prevent evil, but not able? then he is impotent. Is he able, but not willing? then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? then whence evil?
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I weigh the one miracle against the other and according to the superiority which I discover, I pronounce my decision.

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I weigh the one miracle against the other and according to the superiority which I discover, I pronounce my decision.
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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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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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It is, therefore, a just political maxim, that every man must be supposed a knave.

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It is, therefore, a just political maxim, that every man must be supposed a knave.
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It is an absurdity to believe that the Deity has human passions, and one of the lowest of human passions, a restless appetite for applause

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It is an absurdity to believe that the Deity has human passions, and one of the lowest of human passions, a restless appetite for applause
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Any pride or haughtiness, is displeasing to us, merely because it shocks our own pride, and leads us by sympathy into comparison, which causes the disagreeable passion of humility.
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