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Men’s views of things are the result of their understanding alone. Their conduct is regulated by their understanding, their temper, and their passions.

David Hume

Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them
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Beauty Contemplate Exist Mind Thing
A wise man apportions his beliefs to the evidence.
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Believe Evidence Man One Liner Wise
Any pride or haughtiness, is displeasing to us, merely because it shocks our own pride, and leads us by sympathy into comparison, which causes the disagreeable passion of humility.
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Compare Haunt Passion Philosophy Pride Sympathy
But the greatest part of mankind float between vice and virtue.
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Float Great Man Virtue
Heaven and Hell suppose two distinct species of men, the good and bad.
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Bad Deep Good Heaven Hell Man Philosophy Religious
There is nothing to be learnt from a Professor, which is not to be met with in Books.
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Book Deep Learning Philosophy
What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call ‘thought’
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Brain Philosophy Privilege Thought
The bigotry of theologians is a malady which seems almost incurable.
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Cure Philosophy
All knowledge degenerates into probability.
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Knowledge One Liner
A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature.
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Law Miracle Nature One Liner
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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Excellent Happiness Himself Philosophy Situation Temper
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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Fiction Identity Mind Nature Talk Thing
Be a philosopher; but, amidst all your philosophy, be still a man.
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Deep Man Philosophy
Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.
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Danger Deep Error Philosophy Religious Speak
It is possible for the same thing both to be and not to be.
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Deep Philosophy Possible Thing
The gazing populace receive greedily, without examination, whatever soothes superstition and promotes wonder.
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Greedy Philosophy Wonder

Men’s views of things are the result of their understanding alone. Their conduct is regulated by their understanding, their temper, and their passions.

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