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"Upon the whole, then it seems undeniable, that nothing can bestow more merit on any human creature than the sentiment of benevolence in an eminent degree; and that a part at least of its merit arises from its tendency to promote the interests of our" — David Hume
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"All that belongs to human understanding, in this deep ignorance and obscurity, is to be skeptical, or at least cautious; and not to admit of any hypothesis, whatsoever; much less, of any which is supported by no appearance of probability" — David Hume
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"Avarice, the spur of industry" — David Hume
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"A propensity to hope and joy is real riches; one to fear and sorrow real poverty" — David Hume
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"Truth springs from argument amongst friends." — David Hume
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"What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call 'thought'" — David Hume
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"Any person seasoned with a just sense of the imperfections of natural reason, will fly to revealed truth with the greatest avidity" — David Hume
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"When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation which alone can secure them from the grossest absurdities" — David Hume
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"It is not reason which is the guide of life, but custom." — David Hume
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"Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principals." — David Hume
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Character    Scottish Philosopher   

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"The Christian religion not only was at first attended with miracles, but even at this day cannot be believed by any reasonable person without one" — David Hume
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"The slaving poor are incapable of any principles" — David Hume
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"It is not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger." — David Hume
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"There is not to be found, in all history, any miracle attested by a sufficient number of men, of such unquestioned good sense, education and learning, as to secure us against all delusion in themselves" — David Hume
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"Beauty is no quality in things themselves: it exists merely in the mind which contemplates them" — David Hume
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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." — David Hume
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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." — David Hume
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"The many instances of forged miracles, and prophecies, and supernatural events, which, in all ages, have either been detected by contrary evidence, or which detect themselves by their absurdity, prove sufficiently the strong propensity of mankind to" — David Hume
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"Everything in the world is purchased by labor" — David Hume
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"A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence" — David Hume
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"Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them." — David Hume
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