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It is difficult for a man to speak long of himself without vanity.

David Hume

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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Effort Follow Philosophy Resist Violence
The truth springs from arguments amongst friends.
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Argument Friendship One Liner Season Truth
Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.
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Danger Deep Error Philosophy Religious Speak
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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Affair Day Decent Expose Eyes Man Public Truth World
It is, therefore, a just political maxim, that every man must be supposed a knave.
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Man Philosophy Politics
Reading and sauntering and lounging and dosing, which I call thinking, is my supreme Happiness.
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Happiness Read Think
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
Heaven and Hell suppose two distinct species of men, the good and bad.
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Bad Deep Good Heaven Hell Man Philosophy Religious
No man ever threw away life while it was worth keeping.
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Life Man Worth
Tis not unreasonable for me to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger.
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Destruction Fingers Reason World
It is difficult for a man to speak long of himself without vanity.
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Difficult Man Philosophy Speak
I weigh the one miracle against the other and according to the superiority which I discover, I pronounce my decision.
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Decision Discover Miracle Myself Pronounce Weight
Be a philosopher; but, amidst all your philosophy, be still a man.
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Deep Man Philosophy
A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature.
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Law Miracle Nature One Liner
The fact that different cultures have different practices no more refutes [moral] objectivism than the fact that water flows in different directions in different places refutes the law of gravity.
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Culture Different Direction Fact Law Place Water
The science of man is the only solid foundation for the other sciences.
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Foundation Man Science

It is difficult for a man to speak long of himself without vanity.

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