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Quote by David Hume
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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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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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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Truly it may be said that the outside of a mountain is good for the inside of a man. – George Wherry, Alpine Notes and the Climbing Foot, 1896

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It is not light that we need, but fire it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake. – Frederick Douglass

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The very winds whispered in soothing accents, and maternal Nature bade me weep no more. – Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

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In the beginning you must subject yourself to the influence of nature. You must be able to walk firmly on the ground before you start walking on a tightrope. – Henri Matisse

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