Scottish - Philosopher | July 7, 1711 - August 25, 1776
It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once.
David Hume
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A purpose, an intention, a design, strikes everywhere even the careless, the most stupid thinker.
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It is not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger.
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Men are much oftener thrown on their knees by the melancholy than by the agreeable passions.
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