He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper but he is more excellent who suits his temper to any circumstances.

David Hume
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More Quotes By David Hume
  1. Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.

  2. Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions.

  3. 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.

  4. It is impossible for us to think of any thing, which we have not antecedently felt, either by our external or internal senses.

  5. No man ever threw away life while it was worth keeping.

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