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Be a philosopher; but, amidst all your philosophy, be still a man.

David Hume

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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Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.
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no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a kind, that its falsehood would be more miraculous, than the fact, which it endeavors to establish.
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It is difficult for a man to speak long of himself without vanity.
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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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A wise man apportions his beliefs to the evidence.
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The Crusades – the most signal and most durable monument of human folly that has yet appeared in any age or nation.
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But the greatest part of mankind float between vice and virtue.
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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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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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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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Tis not unreasonable for me to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger.
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As every inquiry which regards religion is of the utmost importance, there are two questions in particular which challenge our attention, to wit, that concerning its foundation in reason, and that concerning it origin in human nature.
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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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Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions.
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A purpose, an intention, a design, strikes everywhere even the careless, the most stupid thinker.
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Be a philosopher; but, amidst all your philosophy, be still a man.

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