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David Hume Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: philosopher
Nationality: scottish
Birth: July 7, 1711 - August 25, 1776

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Men Knees Melancholy Thrown Passions

There are no good laws but such as repeal other laws.

Good Laws Other Repeal

Licences to have babies incidentally is something that I got in trouble for some years ago for suggesting even in Canada that this might be necessary at some point, at least some restriction on the right to have a child.

Child Canada Trouble Right Years

On clay, you know that you have much longer rallies, and you must run for maybe two or three hours.

Angelique Kerber

You Know Three Run Two Clay

Whatever your relationship is to your sacred tradition in the West, you have some relationship to the Bible if only through the names of the characters.

Relationship Bible Tradition You

You do not want to talk to me on the phone. How do I know? Because I don't want to talk to you on the phone. Nothing personal, I just can't stand the thing. I find it intrusive and somehow presumptuous. It sounds off insolently whenever it chooses and expects me to drop whatever I'm doing and, well, engage. With others!

Me Stand Doing You Find Phone

Personally, I don't have a Twitter account. I like to be in control of the way the stand up of Stewart Lee is perceived, I don't want to have to engage with individual people. Also, when I do look at it, loads of factually inaccurate things about me are written.

People Me Control Stand Up Stand

I favor the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and it must be enforced at gunpoint if necessary.

Civil Rights Rights Act Must Favor

The permissive society has been allowed to become a dirty phrase. A better phrase is the civilised society.

Society Better Dirty Become Been

My parents were in short street, so they had to go abroad to economize.

Parents Short Go Street Abroad Were

If you feel that your father was lacking as a husband, it affects your own choice of man.

Father Man Husband Feel You Choice

People of faith should be able to have confidence in their right to freely express and live their beliefs.

Confidence Live Faith People Right

I don't want to be the guy who sits on a front porch with a mint julep in his hand and rocks his life away.

Life Rocks Want Hand Porch Mint

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