What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call 'thought'.

Quote by David Hume

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This avidity alone, of acquiring goods and possessions for ourselves and our nearest friends, is...

This avidity alone, of acquiring goods and possessions for ourselves and our nearest friends, is...

The law always limits every power it gives.

The law always limits every power it gives.

When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to...

When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to...

The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of...

The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of...

Custom is the great guide to human life

Custom is the great guide to human life

The corruption of the best things gives rise to the worst.

The corruption of the best things gives rise to the worst.

It is not reason which is the guide of life, but custom.

It is not reason which is the guide of life, but custom.

Men often act knowingly against their interest.

Men often act knowingly against their interest.

The sweetest and most inoffensive path of life leads through the avenues of science and...

The sweetest and most inoffensive path of life leads through the avenues of science and...

The chief benefit, which results from philosophy, arises in an indirect manner, and proceeds more...

The chief benefit, which results from philosophy, arises in an indirect manner, and proceeds more...

Everything in the world is purchased by labor.

Everything in the world is purchased by labor.

And what is the greatest number? Number one.

And what is the greatest number? Number one.

The rules of morality are not the conclusion of our reason.

The rules of morality are not the conclusion of our reason.

Any person seasoned with a just sense of the imperfections of natural reason, will fly...

Any person seasoned with a just sense of the imperfections of natural reason, will fly...

A purpose, an intention, a design, strikes everywhere the careless, the most stupid thinker

A purpose, an intention, a design, strikes everywhere the careless, the most stupid thinker

I have written on all sorts of subjects... yet I have no enemies; except indeed...

I have written on all sorts of subjects... yet I have no enemies; except indeed...

It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once.

It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once.

Beauty is no quality in things themselves. It exists merely in the mind which contemplates...

Beauty is no quality in things themselves. It exists merely in the mind which contemplates...

Belief is nothing but a more vivid, lively, forcible, firm, steady conception of an object,...

Belief is nothing but a more vivid, lively, forcible, firm, steady conception of an object,...

Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the...

Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the...