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The human being is the only animal that refuses to be itself.
— John N. Gray
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Words are an expression of the body, not the mind. The mind translates the body’s language into words.
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Force is always on the side of the governed, the governors have nothing to support them but opinion. ‘Tis therefore, on opinion only that government is founded.
— Hume
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Man can aspire to virtue; he cannot reasonably aim at finding truth.
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