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There is a very remarkable inclination in human nature to bestow o

There is a very remarkable inclination in human nature to bestow on external objects the same emotions which it observes in itself, and to find every where those ideas which are most present to it. – David Hume

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Human Nature is the only science of man and yet has been hitherto the most neglected. – David Hume

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

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There is not to be found, in all history, any miracle attested by a sufficient number of men, of such unquestioned good sense, education and learning, as to secure us against all delusion in themselves. – David Hume

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Human nature is what Heaven supplies. – Xun Zi

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We all dream. We dream vividly, depending on our nature. Our existence is beyond our explanation, whether we believe in God or we have religion or were atheist. – Anthony Hopkins

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If the technical innovations of the Impressionists led merely to a more accurate representation of nature, it was perhaps of not much value in enlarging their powers of expression. – Edward Hopper

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Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books. – John Lubbock

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