Where ambition can cover its enterprises, even to the person himself, under the appearance of principle, it is the most incurable and inflexible of passions.

Quote by David Hume

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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...

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...

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...

Eloquence, at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection, but addresses itself...

Eloquence, at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection, but addresses itself...

Avarice, the spur of industry

Avarice, the spur of industry

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...

A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.

A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.

Heaven and hell suppose two distinct species of men, the good and the bad. But...

Heaven and hell suppose two distinct species of men, the good and the bad. But...

The Christian religion not only was at first attended with miracles, but even at this...

The Christian religion not only was at first attended with miracles, but even at this...

A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence

A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence

The many instances of forged miracles, and prophecies, and supernatural events, which, in all ages,...

The many instances of forged miracles, and prophecies, and supernatural events, which, in all ages,...

Men are much oftener thrown on their knees by the melancholy than by the agreeable...

Men are much oftener thrown on their knees by the melancholy than by the agreeable...

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 corruption of the best things gives rise to the worst.

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

Philosophy would render us entirely Pyrrhonian, were not nature too strong for it.

Philosophy would render us entirely Pyrrhonian, were not nature too strong for it.

Accuracy is, in every case, advantageous to beauty, and just reasoning to delicate sentiment. In...

Accuracy is, in every case, advantageous to beauty, and just reasoning to delicate sentiment. In...

Everything in the world is purchased by labor

Everything in the world is purchased by labor

No testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a...

No testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a...

Miracles happen to those who believe in them.

Miracles happen to those who believe in them.

You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is...

You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is...

Reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot, you know.

Reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot, you know.

For truth is always strange; stranger than fiction.

For truth is always strange; stranger than fiction.