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Philosophy would render us entirely Pyrrhonian, were not nature to

Philosophy would render us entirely Pyrrhonian, were not nature too strong for it. – 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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The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny. – 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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Where there are large powers with little ambition… nature may be said to have fallen short of her purposes. – Jonathan Swift

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Nature is the art of God. – Thomas Browne, Religio Medici, 1635

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Race hate isnt human nature race hate is the abandonment of human nature. – Orson Welles

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Nature never makes any blunders, when she makes a fool she means it. – Archibald Alexander

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