When suicide is out of fashion we conclude that none but madmen destroy themselves.
DAVID HUMELiberty of any kind is never lost all at once
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A purpose, an intention, a design, strikes everywhere even the careless, the most stupid thinker.
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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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Liberty of any kind is never lost all at once
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Men’s views of things are the result of their understanding alone. Their conduct is regulated by their understanding, their temper, and their passions.
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But the greatest part of mankind float between vice and virtue.
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The science of man is the only solid foundation for the other sciences.
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The truth springs from arguments amongst friends.
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How can we satisfy ourselves without going on in infinitum? And, after all, what satisfaction is there in that infinite progression?
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A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature.
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Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.
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But the life of a man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.
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A wise man apportions his beliefs to the evidence.
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In public affairs men are often better pleased that the truth, though known to everybody, should be wrapped up under a decent cover than if it were exposed in open daylight to the eyes of all the world.
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Carelessness and in-attention alone can afford us any remedy. For this reason I rely entirely upon them.
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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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