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" And what is the greatest number? Number one. "
David Hume
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" It is a just political maxim, that every man must be supposed a knave. "
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" A man acquainted with history may, in some respect, be said to have lived from the beginning of the world, and to have been making continual additions to his stock of knowledge in every century. "
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" Truth springs from argument amongst friends. "
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" Belief is nothing but a more vivid, lively, forcible, firm, steady conception of an object, than what the imagination alone is ever able to attain. "
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" Men are much oftener thrown on their knees by the melancholy than by the agreeable passions. "
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" It's when we start working together that the real healing takes place... it's when we start spilling our sweat, and not our blood. "
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" The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny. "
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" The law always limits every power it gives. "
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" I have written on all sorts of subjects... yet I have no enemies; except indeed all the Whigs, all the Tories, and all the Christians. "
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" Men often act knowingly against their interest. "
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" 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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" Human Nature is the only science of man; and yet has been hitherto the most neglected. "
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" Every wise, just, and mild government, by rendering the condition of its subjects easy and secure, will always abound most in people, as well as in commodities and riches. "
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" This avidity alone, of acquiring goods and possessions for ourselves and our nearest friends, is insatiable, perpetual, universal, and directly destructive of society. "
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" He is happy whom circumstances suit his temper; but he Is more excellent who suits his temper to any circumstance. "
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" To hate, to love, to think, to feel, to see; all this is nothing but to perceive. "
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" It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once. "
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" Eloquence, at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection, but addresses itself entirely to the desires and affections, captivating the willing hearers, and subduing their understanding. "
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" A purpose, an intention, a design, strikes everywhere even the careless, the most stupid thinker. "
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" Nothing endears so much a friend as sorrow for his death. The pleasure of his company has not so powerful an influence. "
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