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

David Hume

Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions.
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Passion Reason Slave
The feelings of our heart, the agitation of our passions, the vehemence of our affections, dissipate all its conclusions, and reduce the profound philosopher to a mere plebeian.
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Affection Feeling Heart Passion Philosophy
Carelessness and in-attention alone can afford us any remedy. For this reason I rely entirely upon them.
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Afford Alone Attention Care Reason
The bigotry of theologians is a malady which seems almost incurable.
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Cure Philosophy
Nothing is more usual than for philosophers to encroach upon the province of grammarians; and to engage in disputes of words, while they imagine that they are handling controversies of the deepest importance and concern
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Deep Imagination Important Philosophy War Word
But the greatest part of mankind float between vice and virtue.
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Float Great Man Virtue
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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Obey Passion Reason Serve Slave
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
When suicide is out of fashion we conclude that none but madmen destroy themselves.
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Death Destroy Mental
Reading and sauntering and lounging and dosing, which I call thinking, is my supreme Happiness.
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Happiness Read Think
Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.
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Danger Deep Error Philosophy Religious Speak
To philosophers and historians, the madness and imbecile wickedness of mankind ought to appear ordinary events.
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Appear History Mad Ordinary Philosophy
But the life of a man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.
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Animal Deep Great Important Life Man Philosophy Universe
A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature.
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Law Miracle Nature One Liner
A wise man apportions his beliefs to the evidence.
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Believe Evidence Man One Liner Wise
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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Beautiful Different Exist Mind Philosophy Quality Thing

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