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The gazing populace receive greedily, without examination, whatever soothes superstition and promotes wonder.

David Hume

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
Revolutions of government cannot be effected by the mere force of argument and reasoning.
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Argument Force Government Politics Revolution
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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Age Appear Human Monument Nation
The science of man is the only solid foundation for the other sciences.
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Foundation Man Science
It is possible for the same thing both to be and not to be.
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Deep Philosophy Possible Thing
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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Deep Establish False Kind Miracle Philosophy Sufficient
But the greatest part of mankind float between vice and virtue.
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Float Great Man Virtue
How can we satisfy ourselves without going on in infinitum? And, after all, what satisfaction is there in that infinite progression?
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Infinite Philosophy Satisfy
When suicide is out of fashion we conclude that none but madmen destroy themselves.
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Death Destroy Mental
It is, therefore, a just political maxim, that every man must be supposed a knave.
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Man Philosophy Politics
To philosophers and historians, the madness and imbecile wickedness of mankind ought to appear ordinary events.
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Appear History Mad Ordinary Philosophy
A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature.
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Law Miracle Nature One Liner
Liberty of any kind is never lost all at once
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Freedom Liberty Lost One Liner
All knowledge degenerates into probability.
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Knowledge One Liner
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
We should never know how to adjust means to ends, or to employ our natural powers in the production of any effect. There would be an end at once of all action, as well as of the chief part of speculation.
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Action End Philosophy Power Product

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