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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Everything in the world is purchased by labor

Everything in the world is purchased by labor

Custom is the great guide to human life

Custom is the great guide to human life

Beauty, whether moral or natural, is felt, more properly than perceived.

Beauty, whether moral or natural, is felt, more properly than perceived.

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

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

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

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

Avarice, the spur of industry.

Avarice, the spur of industry.

Custom is the great guide to human life.

Custom is the great guide to human life.

The law always limits every power it gives.

The law always limits every power it gives.

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...

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

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

Every wise, just, and mild government, by rendering the condition of its subjects easy and...

Every wise, just, and mild government, by rendering the condition of its subjects easy and...

Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principals.

Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principals.

Scholastic learning and polemical divinity retarded the growth of all true knowledge.

Scholastic learning and polemical divinity retarded the growth of all true knowledge.

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...

Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.

Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.

The advantages found in history seem to be of three kinds, as it amuses the...

The advantages found in history seem to be of three kinds, as it amuses the...

A man acquainted with history may, in some respect, be said to have lived from...

A man acquainted with history may, in some respect, be said to have lived from...

Avarice, the spur of industry

Avarice, the spur of industry

Oh, the jealousy, the greed is the unraveling. It's the unraveling and it undoes all...

Oh, the jealousy, the greed is the unraveling. It's the unraveling and it undoes all...

Hell has three gates: lust, anger, and greed

Hell has three gates: lust, anger, and greed