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We make allowance for a certain degree of selfishness in men; because we know it to be inseparable from human nature, and inherent in our frame and constitution. By this reflexion we correct those sentiments of blame, which so naturally arise upon any opposition.

David Hume

But the life of a man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.
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Be a philosopher; but, amidst all your philosophy, be still a man.
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The science of man is the only solid foundation for the other sciences.
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Revolutions of government cannot be effected by the mere force of argument and reasoning.
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There is nothing to be learnt from a Professor, which is not to be met with in Books.
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What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call ‘thought’
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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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A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature.
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To be a philosophical Sceptic is the first and most essential step towards being a sound, believing Christian.
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Any pride or haughtiness, is displeasing to us, merely because it shocks our own pride, and leads us by sympathy into comparison, which causes the disagreeable passion of humility.
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It is, therefore, a just political maxim, that every man must be supposed a knave.
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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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The truth springs from arguments amongst friends.
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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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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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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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We make allowance for a certain degree of selfishness in men; because we know it to be inseparable from human nature, and inherent in our frame and constitution. By this reflexion we correct those sentiments of blame, which so naturally arise upon any opposition.

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We make allowance for a certain degree of selfishness in men; because we know it to be inseparable from human nature, and inherent in our frame and constitution. By this reflexion we correct those sentiments of blame, which so naturally arise upon any opposition.

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