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Quote by David Hume
Men often act knowingly against their interest. - David Hume

Men often act knowingly against their interest. – David Hume

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Philosophy would render us entirely Pyrrhonian, were not nature too strong for it. – David Hume

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Nature
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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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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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Honor is simply the morality of superior men. – H. L. Mencken

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Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder. – George Washington

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A silent man is easily reputed wise. A man who suffers none to see him in the common jostle and undress of life, easily gathers round him a mysterious veil of unknown sanctity, and men honor him for a saint. The unknown is always wonderful. – Frederick William Robertson

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If we are marked to die, we are enough to do our country loss and if to live, the fewer men, the greater share of honor. – William Shakespeare

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Life is better than death, I believe, if only because it is less boring, and because it has fresh peaches in it. – Alice Walker

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The monsters of our childhood do not fade away, neither are they ever wholly monstrous. But neither, in my experience, do we ever reach a plane of detachment regarding our parents, however wise and old we may become. To pretend otherwise is to cheat. – John le Carre

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The best thing about acting is that I get to lose myself in another character and actually get paid for it… Its a great outlet. Im not really sure who I am – it seems I change every day. – Leonardo DiCaprio

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I intend to leave after my death a large fund for the promotion of the peace idea, but I am skeptical as to its results. – Alfred Nobel

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