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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.

David Hume

I never knew anyone, that examined and deliberated about nonsense, who did not believe it before the end of his enquiries.
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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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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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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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To be a philosophical Sceptic is the first and most essential step towards being a sound, believing Christian.
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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 truth springs from arguments amongst friends.
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A purpose, an intention, a design, strikes everywhere even the careless, the most stupid thinker.
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What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call ‘thought’
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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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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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Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.
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It is possible for the same thing both to be and not to be.
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A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature.
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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 wise man apportions his beliefs to the evidence.
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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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