![[The sceptic] must acknowledge, if he will acknowledge any thing, that all human life must perish, were his principles to prevail.All discourse, all action would immediately cease, and men remain in a total lethargy, till the necessities of nature, unsatisfied, put an end to their miserable existence.](/assets/img/quote-photos/the-sceptic-must-acknowledge-if-he-will-acknowledge-any-thing-that-all-human.jpg)
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An observer of men who finds himself steadily repelled by some apparently trifling thing in a stranger is right to give it great weight. It may be the clue to the whole mystery. A hair or two will show where a lion is hidden. A very little key will open a very heavy door.
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The more man knows of man, the better for the common brotherhood among men.
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It is required of every man," the ghost returned, "that the spirit within him should walk abroad among his fellow-men, and travel far and wide; and, if that spirit goes not forth in life, it is condemned to do so after death.
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When a man bleeds inwardly, it is a dangerous thing for himself; but when he laughs inwardly, it bodes no good to other people.
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Most men unconsciously judge the world from themselves, and it will be very generally found that those who sneer habitually at human nature, and affect to despise it, are among its worst and least pleasant samples.
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It is not every man that can afford to wear a shabby coat. Charles Caleb Colton
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When we are in the company of sensible men, we ought to be doubly cautious of talking too much, lest we lose two good things, their good opinion and our own improvement; for what we have to say we know, but what they have to say we know not.
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No man can promise himself even fifty years of life, but any man may, if he please, live in the proportion of fifty years in forty-let him rise early, that he may have the day before him, and let him make the most of the day, by determining to expend it on two sorts of acquaintance only-those by whom something may be got, and those from whom something maybe learned.
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[Republicans] swapped principle for power. They ended up with neither. They deserved to lose. Alan Greenspan
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Nobody has the time to sit down and explain the first world from first principles. Chris Cleave
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I don't compromise my principles for politics. Chris Christie
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The first principle of the market economy is that it is comprised of many small buyers and sellers, which implies a substantial degree of equity. Another fundamental market principle is that costs are internalized in the producer's price. David Korten
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Our global economy is out of control and performing contrary to basic principles of market economics.
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I studied what principles under-laid peace and prosperity and concluded the only way to achieve societal well-being was through a system of economic freedom. Charles Koch
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Many states rely on sales tax as their principle source of revenue and do not have a State income tax. Bill Jenkins
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Most electronic equipment uses the principle of amplification. You need filters, modulators and mixing equipment which have gain stages. By piling these components up, I was able to work without any sound generators and I made several pieces in that manner. David Tudor
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Every investigation which is guided by principles of Nature fixes its ultimate aim entirely on gratifying the stomach. Athenaeus
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We must scrunch or be scrunched.
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It is time to bring down the volume and bring up the program. Al Sharpton
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We want to try to apprehend those people and take action against them for the most serious crime for which they are eligible for prosecution, Janet Reno
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It's all Ati. Now, let's be practical. Chogyam Trungpa