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

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I plead for conservation of human culture, which is much more fragile than nature herself. We neednt destroy other cultures with the force of our own. – Arthur Erickson

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I think politicians get hamstrung by the nature of politics when the private sector can really do great things. – Henry Rollins

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Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split the boulder. – Carl Sandburg

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Nature isnt positive in that way. It doesnt aim itself at you. Its not being unkind to you. – David Attenborough

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In these matters the only certainty is that there is nothing certain. – Pliny The Elder

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Martyrs, my friend, have to choose between being forgotten, mocked or used. As for being understood — never. – Albert Camus

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My dad doesnt get any of my jokes. He laughs at them, but he doesnt understand them. Hes just laughing because people around him are laughing. – Zach Galifianakis

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