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All knowledge degenerates into probability.

David Hume

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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Affair Day Decent Expose Eyes Man Public Truth World
It is possible for the same thing both to be and not to be.
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Deep Philosophy Possible Thing
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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Obey Passion Reason Serve Slave
It is, therefore, a just political maxim, that every man must be supposed a knave.
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Man Philosophy Politics
The gazing populace receive greedily, without examination, whatever soothes superstition and promotes wonder.
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Greedy Philosophy Wonder
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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Answer Deep Evil Old Question
Reading and sauntering and lounging and dosing, which I call thinking, is my supreme Happiness.
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Happiness Read Think
The bigotry of theologians is a malady which seems almost incurable.
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Cure Philosophy
Carelessness and in-attention alone can afford us any remedy. For this reason I rely entirely upon them.
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Afford Alone Attention Care Reason
A purpose, an intention, a design, strikes everywhere even the careless, the most stupid thinker.
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No man ever threw away life while it was worth keeping.
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Life Man Worth
no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a kind, that its falsehood would be more miraculous, than the fact, which it endeavors to establish.
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Deep Establish False Kind Miracle Philosophy Sufficient
A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature.
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Law Miracle Nature One Liner
The science of man is the only solid foundation for the other sciences.
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Foundation Man Science
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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Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.
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