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“Great pleasures are much less frequent than great pains.”

Quote by David Hume

Book:Essays and treatises on several subjects: essays, moral, political and literary

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Essays and treatises on several subjects: essays, moral, political and literary

This book is a compilation of essays that delve into various themes related to morality, politics, and literature. more

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David Hume

David Hume, born on May 7, 1711, in Edinburgh, Scotland, and died on August 25, 1776, was an outstanding philosopher, historian, and economist. Known for his contributions to empiricism and skepticism, his works have had a profound impact on subsequent philosophy, economics, and psychology. more

“Accurate and just reasoning is the only catholic remedy, fitted for all persons and all dispositions; and is alone able to subvert that abstruse philosophy and metaphysical jargon, which, being mixed up with popular superstition, renders it in a manner impenetrable to careless reasoners, and gives it the air of science and wisdom.”

Giving Persons Reason Philosophy Able Air Catholic Reasoning Superstitions Accurate Remedy Disposition Metaphysical Careless Jargon

Book:The Philosophical Works of David Hume: Including All the Essays, and Exhibiting the More Important Alterations and Corrections in the Successive Editions Pub. by the Author

Source: The Philosophical Works of David Hume: Including All the Essays, and Exhibiting the More Important Alterations and Corrections in the Successive Editions Pub. by the Author

“Riches are valuable at all times, and to all men, because they always purchase pleasures such as men are accustomed to and desire; nor can anything restrain or regulate the love of money but a sense of honor and virtue, which, if it be not nearly equal at all times, will naturally abound most in ages of knowledge and refinement.”

Ifs Men Age Desire Pleasure Virtue Honor Equal Valuable Riches All Time Accustomed Refinement Love Of Money

Book:Essays and treatises on several subjects in two volumes: Essays, moral, political, and literacy

Source: Essays and treatises on several subjects in two volumes: Essays, moral, political, and literacy

“Friendship is a calm and sedate affection, conducted by reason and cemented by habit; springing from long acquaintance and mutual obligations, without jealousies or fears, and without those feverish fits of heat and cold, which cause such an agreeable torment in the amorous passion.”