Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them
DAVID HUMELiberty of any kind is never lost all at once
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If subjects must never resist, it follows that every prince, without any effort, policy, or violence, is at once rendered absolute and uncontrollable.
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The feelings of our heart, the agitation of our passions, the vehemence of our affections, dissipate all its conclusions, and reduce the profound philosopher to a mere plebeian.
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Reading and sauntering and lounging and dosing, which I call thinking, is my supreme Happiness.
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Heaven and Hell suppose two distinct species of men, the good and bad.
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It is an absurdity to believe that the Deity has human passions, and one of the lowest of human passions, a restless appetite for applause
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What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call ‘thought’
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Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.
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How can we satisfy ourselves without going on in infinitum? And, after all, what satisfaction is there in that infinite progression?
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It is, therefore, a just political maxim, that every man must be supposed a knave.
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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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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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Liberty of any kind is never lost all at once
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A purpose, an intention, a design, strikes everywhere even the careless, the most stupid thinker.
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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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Be a philosopher; but, amidst all your philosophy, be still a man.
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