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Fine writing, according to Mr. Addison, consists of sentiments which are natural without being obvious.
David Hume
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David Hume
Age: 65 †
Born: 1711
Born: April 26
Died: 1776
Died: August 25
Economist
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Be a philosopher but, amid all your philosophy be still a man.
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Philosophy would render us entirely Pyrrhonian, were not nature too strong for it.
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Nothing is so improving to the temper as the study of the beauties either of poetry, eloquence, music, or painting.
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