A wise man, therefore, proportions his belief to the evidence.
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Even after the observation of the frequent conjunction of objects, we have no reason to draw any inference concerning any object beyond those of which we have had experience.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.
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Nothing can be more unphilosophical than to be positiveor dogmatical on any subject.
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I may venture to affirm the rest of mankind, that they are nothing but a bundle or collection of different perceptions, which succeed each other with an inconceivable rapidity, and are in a perpetual flux and movement.
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He is happy whom circumstances suit his temper; but he Is more excellent who suits his temper to any circumstance.
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