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But the life of a man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.

David Hume

The fact that different cultures have different practices no more refutes [moral] objectivism than the fact that water flows in different directions in different places refutes the law of gravity.
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What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call ‘thought’
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It is possible for the same thing both to be and not to be.
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It is difficult for a man to speak long of himself without vanity.
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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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To be a philosophical Sceptic is the first and most essential step towards being a sound, believing Christian.
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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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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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But the life of a man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.
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Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty.
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It is, therefore, a just political maxim, that every man must be supposed a knave.
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Be a philosopher; but, amidst all your philosophy, be still a man.
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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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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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Carelessness and in-attention alone can afford us any remedy. For this reason I rely entirely upon them.
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But the greatest part of mankind float between vice and virtue.
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