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Quote by David Hume
Belief is nothing but a more vivid, lively, forcible, firm, steady

Belief is nothing but a more vivid, lively, forcible, firm, steady conception of an object, than what the imagination alone is ever able to attain. – David Hume

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When men are the most sure and arrogant they are commonly the most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation and suspense which alone can secure them from the grossest absurdities. – David Hume

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Certainty
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David Hume
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Every wise, just, and mild government, by rendering the condition of its subjects easy and secure, will always abound most in people, as well as in commodities and riches. – David Hume

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Government
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David Hume
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This avidity alone, of acquiring goods and possessions for ourselves and our nearest friends, is insatiable, perpetual, universal, and directly destructive of society. – David Hume

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alone
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David Hume
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Earth teach me to forget myself as melted snow forgets its life. Earth teach me resignation as the leaves which die in the fall. Earth teach me courage as the tree which stands all alone. Earth teach me regeneration as the seed which rises in the spring. – William Alexander

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alone

Good acting is all in the writing. If it isnt on the page, then it really wont make any difference. You cannot act on force of personality alone. – Larry Hagman

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alone

Why is it you feel like a dope if you laugh alone, but thats usually how you end up crying? – Chuck Palahniuk

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alone

There are two types of poor people, those who are poor together and those who are poor alone. The first are the true poor, the others are rich people out of luck. – Jean-Paul Sartre

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alone

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I dont have dreams. How can I say it? I myself am a dream. – Ayumi Hamasaki

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Oh literature, oh the glorious Art, how it preys upon the marrow in our bones. It scoops the stuffing out of us, and chucks us aside. Alas! – David Herbert Lawrence

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Good men have the fewest fears. He has but one great fear who fears to do wrong he has a thousand who has overcome it. – Christian Nestell Bovee

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The very ink with which all history is written is merely fluid prejudice. – Mark Twain, Following the Equator

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History