Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions.
DAVID HUME
When suicide is out of fashion we conclude that none but madmen destroy themselves.
More David Hume Quotes
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Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions.
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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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The victory is not gained by the men at arms, who manage the pike and the sword; but by the trumpeters, drummers, and musicians of the army.
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All sentiment is right; because sentiment has a reference to nothing beyond itself, and is always real, wherever a man is conscious of it.
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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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When suicide is out of fashion we conclude that none but madmen destroy themselves.
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Reading and sauntering and lounging and dosing, which I call thinking, is my supreme Happiness.
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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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The gazing populace receive greedily, without examination, whatever soothes superstition and promotes wonder.
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A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature.
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It is, therefore, a just political maxim, that every man must be supposed a knave.
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A purpose, an intention, a design, strikes everywhere even the careless, the most stupid thinker.
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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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No man ever threw away life while it was worth keeping.
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