A purpose, an intention, a design, strikes everywhere even the careless, the most stupid thinker.
DAVID HUMEHe 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 difficult for a man to speak long of himself without vanity.
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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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Carelessness and in-attention alone can afford us any remedy. For this reason I rely entirely upon them.
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But the greatest part of mankind float between vice and virtue.
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Liberty of any kind is never lost all at once
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The science of man is the only solid foundation for the other sciences.
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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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Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.
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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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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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Where am I, or what? From what causes do I derive my existence, and to what condition shall I return?
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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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In public affairs men are often better pleased that the truth, though known to everybody, should be wrapped up under a decent cover than if it were exposed in open daylight to the eyes of all the world.
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Be a philosopher; but, amidst all your philosophy, be still a man.
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The truth springs from arguments amongst friends.
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