All sentiment is right; because sentiment has a reference to nothing beyond itself, and is always real, wherever a man is conscious of it.
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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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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It is, therefore, a just political maxim, that every man must be supposed a knave.
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The bigotry of theologians is a malady which seems almost incurable.
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Heaven and Hell suppose two distinct species of men, the good and bad.
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It is, therefore, a just political maxim, that every man must be supposed a knave.
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Liberty of any kind is never lost all at once
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What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call ‘thought’
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I weigh the one miracle against the other and according to the superiority which I discover, I pronounce my decision.
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Where am I, or what? From what causes do I derive my existence, and to what condition shall I return?
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Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them
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The science of man is the only solid foundation for the other sciences.
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Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions.
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But the life of a man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.
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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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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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