Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them.
Empiricism, skepticism
A Treatise of Human Nature, Book 2, Part 3, Section 3
1739-1740
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"Mankind are so much the same, in all times and places, that history informs us of nothing new or strange in this particular."
Humorous"All belief of matter of fact or real existence is derived merely from some object present to the memory or senses, and a customary conjunction betwixt that and some other object."
Shocking"The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory."
Humorous"Thus the Jews in Europe, and the Armenians in the east, have a peculiar character; and the former are as much noted for fraud, as the latter for probity."
Controversial"There is no such thing as freedom of the will."
Humorous