Anonymous... From want of foresight men make changes which relishing well at first do not betray their hidden venom, as I have already observed respecting hectic fever. Nevertheless, the ruler is not truly wise who cannot discern evils before they develop themselves, and this is a faculty given to few.
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This quote comes from the book A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume, written in the 1740s. Hume was a Scottish philosopher who is widely considered one of the greatest philosophers of all time. He was also a prominent empiricist, which means he tried to prove theories based on observation rather than on an innate set of beliefs.
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