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A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature.

David Hume

A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature.
DAVID HUME

Law Miracle Nature One Liner
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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Effort Follow Philosophy Resist Violence
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
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
When suicide is out of fashion we conclude that none but madmen destroy themselves.
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Death Destroy Mental
The bigotry of theologians is a malady which seems almost incurable.
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Cure Philosophy
But the greatest part of mankind float between vice and virtue.
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Float Great Man Virtue
It is possible for the same thing both to be and not to be.
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Deep Philosophy Possible Thing
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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Fiction Identity Mind Nature Talk Thing
The truth springs from arguments amongst friends.
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Argument Friendship One Liner Season Truth
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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Excellent Happiness Himself Philosophy Situation Temper
It is difficult for a man to speak long of himself without vanity.
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Difficult Man Philosophy Speak
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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Gain Man Music Victory War
The gazing populace receive greedily, without examination, whatever soothes superstition and promotes wonder.
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Greedy Philosophy Wonder
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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Believe Deity God Human Low Passion Philosophy
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

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