I am sensible, that, in order to make a man a good cavaller, 'tis not sufficient to teach him to ride; he must have a good horse.
Empiricism, skepticism
Of the Original Contract (Essays, Moral, Political, and Literary)
1748 (first published), 1777 (final edition)
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"No testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a kind, that its falsehood would be more miraculous, than the fact, which it endeavours to establish."
Strange & Unusual"Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few."
Humorous"A propensity to laugh is at the bottom of all our serious philosophical enquiries."
Humorous"The existence of matter of fact is not capable of demonstration."
Strange & Unusual"Whatever is may not be, and whatever is not may be."
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