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Quote by David Hume
The corruption of the best things gives rise to the worst. - David

The corruption of the best things gives rise to the worst. – David Hume

Other quotes by David Hume

A purpose, an intention, a design, strikes everywhere even the careless, the most stupid thinker. – David Hume

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design
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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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Patriotism
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David Hume
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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

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History
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David Hume
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While I relish our warm months, winter forms our character and brings out our best. – Tom Allen

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Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body. – Joseph Addison

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I know Im not the best. Im not the best singer, Im not the best songwriter, Im not the best player. – Kid Rock

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I think that Phil Kaufman is one of the best directors that I have come across. – Clive Owen

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The catalogue of forms is endless: until every shape has found its city, new cities will continue to be born. When the forms exhaust their variety and come apart, the end of cities begins. – Italo Calvino

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There are people who drove me crazy, but they got the job done. And when I see that person again, I nod my head. Respect. – Bill Murray

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Thats a wonderful change thats taken place, and so most poetry today is published, if not directly by the person, certainly by the enterprise of the poet himself, working with his friends. – A. R. Ammons

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Nature has placed man under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. – Jeremy Bentham, Principles of Morals and Legislation, 1789

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