Explanation is where the mind rests
Scottish Enlightenment philosopher, historian, economist, and essayist, who is best known today for his highly influential system of philosophical empiricism, skepticism, and naturalism.
All knowledge degenerates into probability
The heart of man is made to reconcile the most glaring contradictions
There is nothing to be learnt from a Professor, which is not to be met with in Books
Art may make a suit of clothes, but nature must produce a man
A wise man apportions his beliefs to the evidence
Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them
Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime
I closed my mouth and spoke to you in a hundred silent ways
You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him
Don't follow the majority follow the truth
The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.
My goal this weekend is to move only enough so people know I am not dead
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