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Tis not unreasonable for me to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger.

David Hume

Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions.
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Passion Reason Slave
Reading and sauntering and lounging and dosing, which I call thinking, is my supreme Happiness.
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Happiness Read Think
The truth springs from arguments amongst friends.
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Argument Friendship One Liner Season Truth
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
The bigotry of theologians is a malady which seems almost incurable.
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Cure Philosophy
The feelings of our heart, the agitation of our passions, the vehemence of our affections, dissipate all its conclusions, and reduce the profound philosopher to a mere plebeian.
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Affection Feeling Heart Passion Philosophy
What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call ‘thought’
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Brain Philosophy Privilege Thought
When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation which alone can secure them from the grossest absurdities.
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Alone Arrogant Man Mistake Passion Secure
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
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
It is difficult for a man to speak long of himself without vanity.
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Difficult Man Philosophy Speak
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 wise man apportions his beliefs to the evidence.
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Believe Evidence Man One Liner Wise
A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature.
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Law Miracle Nature One Liner
Liberty of any kind is never lost all at once
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Freedom Liberty Lost One Liner

Tis not unreasonable for me to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger.

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