The tongue may be employed about, and made to serve all the purposes of vice, in tempting and deceiving, in perjury and injustice.

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As this world was not intended to be a state of any great satisfaction or...

As this world was not intended to be a state of any great satisfaction or...

Thus self-love as one part of human nature, and the several particular principles as the...

Thus self-love as one part of human nature, and the several particular principles as the...

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,...

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...

Self-love then does not constitute THIS or THAT to be our interest or good; but,...

Self-love then does not constitute THIS or THAT to be our interest or good; but,...

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;...

God Almighty is, to be sure, unmoved by passion or appetite, unchanged by affection; but...

God Almighty is, to be sure, unmoved by passion or appetite, unchanged by affection; but...

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...

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 sum of the whole is plainly this: The nature of man considered in his...

The sum of the whole is plainly this: The nature of man considered in his...

There is a much more exact correspondence between the natural and moral world than we...

There is a much more exact correspondence between the natural and moral world than we...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

Every one of our passions and affections hath its natural stint and bound, which may...

Every one of our passions and affections hath its natural stint and bound, which may...

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

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