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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

Any person seasoned with a just sense of the imperfections of natural reason, will fly to revealed truth with the greatest avidity. – David Hume

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Truth
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David Hume
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Heaven and hell suppose two distinct species of men, the good and the bad. But the greatest part of mankind float betwixt vice and virtue. – David Hume

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good
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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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Imagine a part of the U.S.A., from which the U.S.A. started – where is the cradle of your history? This is Kosovo for Serbia. – Novak Djokovic

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History is a living whole. If one organ be removed, it is nothing but a lifeless mass. – Frederic Harrison, The Meaning of History

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History

In many ways, history is marked as before and after Rosa Parks. She sat down in order that we all might stand up, and the walls of segregation came down. – Jesse Jackson

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History

The historian reports to us, not events themselves, but the impressions they have made on him. – Heinrich von Sybel

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Your goal should be to pay off your credit card bills in full at the end of each month and set aside money toward your emergency savings. – Suze Orman

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I think women get caught up too much in having a plan – Im going to get married at this age Im going to have a kid at this age – and then they just try to find a guy who will fit into that picture. I dont want my life to be based on that. – Julia Stiles

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There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered. – Nelson Mandela

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The reason we are doing these types of pat downs and using the advanced imagery technology is trying to take the latest intelligence and how we know al Qaeda and affiliates want to hurt us, they want to bring down whether it is passenger air craft or cargo aircraft. – John Pistole

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