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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The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny. – David Hume

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Nothing endears so much a friend as sorrow for his death. The pleasure of his company has not so powerful an influence. – David Hume

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Death
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Unless we love and are loved, each of us is alone, each of us is deeply lonely. – Mortimer Adler

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Whoever thinks that he alone has speech, or possesses speech or mind above others, when unfolded such men are seen to be empty. – Sophocles

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I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. – Robert A. Heinlein

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Schizophrenia beats dining alone. – Oscar Levant

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The values, the programs, the formula, the determination, and the patriotism responsible for Americas past success are still here to be tapped. – Michael Mandelbaum

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A silent mouth is melodious. – Proverb

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