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But the greatest part of mankind float between vice and virtue.

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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Believe Deep Examine Philosophy
All knowledge degenerates into probability.
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Knowledge One Liner
Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.
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Danger Deep Error Philosophy Religious Speak
The truth springs from arguments amongst friends.
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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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The science of man is the only solid foundation for the other sciences.
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But the greatest part of mankind float between vice and virtue.
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Float Great Man Virtue
There is nothing to be learnt from a Professor, which is not to be met with in Books.
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Men’s views of things are the result of their understanding alone. Their conduct is regulated by their understanding, their temper, and their passions.
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Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them
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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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Be a philosopher; but, amidst all your philosophy, be still a man.
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It is difficult for a man to speak long of himself without vanity.
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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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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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Tis not unreasonable for me to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger.
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