It is, therefore, a just political maxim, that every man must be supposed a knave.
DAVID HUMEWhen 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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No man ever threw away life while it was worth keeping.
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Be a philosopher; but, amidst all your philosophy, be still a man.
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Men’s views of things are the result of their understanding alone. Their conduct is regulated by their understanding, their temper, and their passions.
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Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them
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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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Revolutions of government cannot be effected by the mere force of argument and reasoning.
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Heaven and Hell suppose two distinct species of men, the good and bad.
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There is nothing to be learnt from a Professor, which is not to be met with in Books.
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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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It is, therefore, a just political maxim, that every man must be supposed a knave.
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To philosophers and historians, the madness and imbecile wickedness of mankind ought to appear ordinary events.
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To be a philosophical Sceptic is the first and most essential step towards being a sound, believing Christian.
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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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The truth springs from arguments amongst friends.
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Liberty of any kind is never lost all at once
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