But the life of a man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.
DAVID HUMETo be a philosophical Sceptic is the first and most essential step towards being a sound, believing Christian.
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The truth springs from arguments amongst friends.
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A purpose, an intention, a design, strikes everywhere even the careless, the most stupid thinker.
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It is difficult for a man to speak long of himself without vanity.
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It is possible for the same thing both to be and not to be.
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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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Liberty of any kind is never lost all at once
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Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them
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I may venture to affirm of the rest of mankind, that they are nothing but a bundle or collection of different perceptions, which succeed each other with an inconceivable rapidity, and are in a perpetual flux and movement.
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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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There is nothing to be learnt from a Professor, which is not to be met with in Books.
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As every inquiry which regards religion is of the utmost importance, there are two questions in particular which challenge our attention, to wit, that concerning its foundation in reason, and that concerning it origin in human nature.
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Tis not unreasonable for me to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger.
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Revolutions of government cannot be effected by the mere force of argument and reasoning.
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In public affairs men are often better pleased that the truth, though known to everybody, should be wrapped up under a decent cover than if it were exposed in open daylight to the eyes of all the world.
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