It is, therefore, a just political maxim, that every man must be supposed a knave.
DAVID HUME
To be a philosophical Sceptic is the first and most essential step towards being a sound, believing Christian.
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It is, therefore, a just political maxim, that every man must be supposed a knave.
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Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions.
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Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them
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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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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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The victory is not gained by the men at arms, who manage the pike and the sword; but by the trumpeters, drummers, and musicians of the army.
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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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Reading and sauntering and lounging and dosing, which I call thinking, is my supreme Happiness.
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A purpose, an intention, a design, strikes everywhere even the careless, the most stupid thinker.
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But the greatest part of mankind float between vice and virtue.
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The science of man is the only solid foundation for the other sciences.
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The bigotry of theologians is a malady which seems almost incurable.
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Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them.
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It is possible for the same thing both to be and not to be.
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