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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

David Hume

It is difficult for a man to speak long of himself without vanity.
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Difficult Man Philosophy Speak
A wise man apportions his beliefs to the evidence.
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Believe Evidence Man One Liner Wise
Be a philosopher; but, amidst all your philosophy, be still a man.
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Deep Man Philosophy
We should never know how to adjust means to ends, or to employ our natural powers in the production of any effect. There would be an end at once of all action, as well as of the chief part of speculation.
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Action End Philosophy Power Product
Liberty of any kind is never lost all at once
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Freedom Liberty Lost One Liner
It is possible for the same thing both to be and not to be.
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Deep Philosophy Possible Thing
To be a philosophical Sceptic is the first and most essential step towards being a sound, believing Christian.
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Believe History Philosophy Religious
Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions.
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Passion Reason Slave
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
What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call ‘thought’
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Brain Philosophy Privilege Thought
The fact that different cultures have different practices no more refutes [moral] objectivism than the fact that water flows in different directions in different places refutes the law of gravity.
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Culture Different Direction Fact Law Place Water
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, therefore, a just political maxim, that every man must be supposed a knave.
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Man Philosophy Politics
The truth springs from arguments amongst friends.
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Argument Friendship One Liner Season Truth
Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them
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Beauty Contemplate Exist Mind Thing
It is, therefore, a just political maxim, that every man must be supposed a knave.
DAVID HUME

Man Philosophy Politics

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