As this world was not intended to be a state of any great satisfaction or high enjoyment, so neither was it intended to be a mere scene of unhappiness and sorrow.

Quote by Joseph Butler

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Compassion is a call, a demand of nature, to relieve the unhappy as hunger is...

Compassion is a call, a demand of nature, to relieve the unhappy as hunger is...

Man may act according to that principle or inclination which for the present happens to...

Man may act according to that principle or inclination which for the present happens to...

Remember likewise there are persons who love fewer words, an inoffensive sort of people, and...

Remember likewise there are persons who love fewer words, an inoffensive sort of people, and...

The final causes, then, of compassion are to prevent and to relieve misery.

The final causes, then, of compassion are to prevent and to relieve misery.

Love of our neighbour, then, has just the same respect to, is no more distant...

Love of our neighbour, then, has just the same respect to, is no more distant...

Both our senses and our passions are a supply to the imperfection of our nature;...

Both our senses and our passions are a supply to the imperfection of our nature;...

The principle we call self-love never seeks anything external for the sake of the thing,...

The principle we call self-love never seeks anything external for the sake of the thing,...

The private interest of the individual would not be sufficiently provided for by reasonable and...

The private interest of the individual would not be sufficiently provided for by reasonable and...

This was the man, this Balaam, I say, was the man, who desired to die...

This was the man, this Balaam, I say, was the man, who desired to die...

People might love themselves with the most entire and unbounded affection, and yet be extremely...

People might love themselves with the most entire and unbounded affection, and yet be extremely...

Happiness or satisfaction consists only in the enjoyment of those objects which are by nature...

Happiness or satisfaction consists only in the enjoyment of those objects which are by nature...

Every man is to be considered in two capacities, the private and public; as designed...

Every man is to be considered in two capacities, the private and public; as designed...

Thus there is no doubt the eye was intended for us to see with.

Thus there is no doubt the eye was intended for us to see with.

Every man hath a general desire of his own happiness; and likewise a variety of...

Every man hath a general desire of his own happiness; and likewise a variety of...

Pain and sorrow and misery have a right to our assistance: compassion puts us in...

Pain and sorrow and misery have a right to our assistance: compassion puts us in...

Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what...

Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what...

The tongue may be employed about, and made to serve all the purposes of vice,...

The tongue may be employed about, and made to serve all the purposes of vice,...

However, without considering this connection, there is no doubt but that more good than evil,...

However, without considering this connection, there is no doubt but that more good than evil,...

But to us, probability is the very guide of life.

But to us, probability is the very guide of life.

For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the...

For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the...