A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature.
DAVID HUMEBut the life of a man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.
More David Hume Quotes
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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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The bigotry of theologians is a malady which seems almost incurable.
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All sentiment is right; because sentiment has a reference to nothing beyond itself, and is always real, wherever a man is conscious of it.
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We make allowance for a certain degree of selfishness in men; because we know it to be inseparable from human nature, and inherent in our frame and constitution. By this reflexion we correct those sentiments of blame, which so naturally arise upon any opposition.
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Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions.
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When suicide is out of fashion we conclude that none but madmen destroy themselves.
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No man ever threw away life while it was worth keeping.
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The identity that we ascribe to things is only a fictitious one, established by the mind, not a peculiar nature belonging to what we’re talking about.
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Epicurus’s old questions are still unanswered: Is he (God) willing to prevent evil, but not able? then he is impotent. Is he able, but not willing? then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? then whence evil?
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The Crusades – the most signal and most durable monument of human folly that has yet appeared in any age or nation.
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A wise man apportions his beliefs to the evidence.
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Liberty of any kind is never lost all at once
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The gazing populace receive greedily, without examination, whatever soothes superstition and promotes wonder.
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Heaven and Hell suppose two distinct species of men, the good and bad.
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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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