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The bigotry of theologians is a malady which seems almost incurable.

David Hume

The identity that we ascribe to things is only a fictitious one, established by the mind, not a peculiar nature belonging to what we’re talking about.
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Fiction Identity Mind Nature Talk Thing
The truth springs from arguments amongst friends.
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Argument Friendship One Liner Season Truth
Where am I, or what? From what causes do I derive my existence, and to what condition shall I return?
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Condition Exist Philosophy Return
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
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
It is difficult for a man to speak long of himself without vanity.
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Difficult Man Philosophy Speak
It is, therefore, a just political maxim, that every man must be supposed a knave.
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Man Philosophy Politics
When suicide is out of fashion we conclude that none but madmen destroy themselves.
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Death Destroy Mental
But the greatest part of mankind float between vice and virtue.
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Float Great Man Virtue
All knowledge degenerates into probability.
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Knowledge One Liner
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
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
A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature.
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Law Miracle Nature One Liner
Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions.
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Passion Reason Slave
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
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

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