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Quote by David Hume
The advantages found in history seem to be of three kinds, as it a

The advantages found in history seem to be of three kinds, as it amuses the fancy, as it improves the understanding, and as it strengthens virtue. – David Hume

Other quotes by David Hume

The Christian religion not only was at first attended with miracles, but even at this day cannot be believed by any reasonable person without one. – David Hume

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Religion
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Human Nature is the only science of man and yet has been hitherto the most neglected. – David Hume

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Nature
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David Hume
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Beauty, whether moral or natural, is felt, more properly than perceived. – David Hume

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Beauty
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Other Quotes from
History
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Every literary critic believes he will outwit history and have the last word. – Mason Cooley

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History

The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been the unfortunate habit of making assumptions. It often proved fatal. – David Brin

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History

At times, we were forced to go through a history of dependence, unable to determine our own destiny. But today, we are at the threshold of a new turning point. – Roh Moo-hyun

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History

For one who reads, there is no limit to the number of lives that may be lived, for fiction, biography, and history offer an inexhaustible number of lives in many parts of the world, in all periods of time. – Louis LAmour

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History

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The impressions of the spriritual experiences gave my future life its form and content. – Gustav Mahler

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With humans, it is like the bicycle. Only when moving can we easily keep balanced. – Albert Einstein, letter to son Eduard, 1930 February 5th, translated from German

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A sect or party is an elegant incognito devised to save a man from the vexation of thinking. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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