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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
Carelessness and in-attention alone can afford us any remedy. For this reason I rely entirely upon them.
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Afford Alone Attention Care Reason
All sentiment is right; because sentiment has a reference to nothing beyond itself, and is always real, wherever a man is conscious of it.
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Always Conscious Man Real Reference Right
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
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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Believe Deity God Human Low Passion Philosophy
To be a philosophical Sceptic is the first and most essential step towards being a sound, believing Christian.
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Believe History Philosophy Religious
What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call ‘thought’
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Brain Philosophy Privilege Thought
But the life of a man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.
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Animal Deep Great Important Life Man Philosophy Universe
The bigotry of theologians is a malady which seems almost incurable.
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Cure Philosophy
But the greatest part of mankind float between vice and virtue.
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Float Great Man Virtue
The truth springs from arguments amongst friends.
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Argument Friendship One Liner Season Truth
It is difficult for a man to speak long of himself without vanity.
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Difficult Man Philosophy Speak
A wise man apportions his beliefs to the evidence.
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Believe Evidence Man One Liner Wise
When suicide is out of fashion we conclude that none but madmen destroy themselves.
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Death Destroy Mental
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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Obey Passion Reason Serve Slave
Liberty of any kind is never lost all at once
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Freedom Liberty Lost One Liner

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