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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

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
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
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
Carelessness and in-attention alone can afford us any remedy. For this reason I rely entirely upon them.
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Afford Alone Attention Care Reason
Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions.
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Passion Reason Slave
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
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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Believe Deity God Human Low Passion Philosophy
The truth springs from arguments amongst friends.
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Argument Friendship One Liner Season Truth
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
Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.
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Danger Deep Error Philosophy Religious Speak
But the greatest part of mankind float between vice and virtue.
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Float Great Man Virtue
It is, therefore, a just political maxim, that every man must be supposed a knave.
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Man Philosophy Politics
A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature.
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Law Miracle Nature One Liner
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
There is nothing to be learnt from a Professor, which is not to be met with in Books.
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Book Deep Learning Philosophy
All knowledge degenerates into probability.
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Knowledge 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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