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I weigh the one miracle against the other and according to the superiority which I discover, I pronounce my decision.

David Hume

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
Any pride or haughtiness, is displeasing to us, merely because it shocks our own pride, and leads us by sympathy into comparison, which causes the disagreeable passion of humility.
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Compare Haunt Passion Philosophy Pride Sympathy
A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature.
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Law Miracle Nature One Liner
Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them
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Beauty Contemplate Exist Mind Thing
It is possible for the same thing both to be and not to be.
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Deep Philosophy Possible Thing
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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Beautiful Different Exist Mind Philosophy Quality Thing
Nothing is more usual than for philosophers to encroach upon the province of grammarians; and to engage in disputes of words, while they imagine that they are handling controversies of the deepest importance and concern
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Deep Imagination Important Philosophy War Word
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
Be a philosopher; but, amidst all your philosophy, be still a man.
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Deep Man Philosophy
Reading and sauntering and lounging and dosing, which I call thinking, is my supreme Happiness.
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Happiness Read Think
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
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
Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions.
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Passion Reason Slave
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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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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