Admiration is one of the most bewitching, enthusiastic passions of the mind; and every common moralist knows that … - William Warburton

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I like the Swiss because by and large they are more humane than the other people aming whom I have lived.

William Warburton

Admiration is one of the most bewitching, enthusiastic passions of the mind; and every common moralist knows that it arises from novelty and surprise, the inseparable attendants of imposture.

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The Egyptians, by the concurrent testimony of antiquity, were among the first who taught that the soul was immortal.

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Of all literary exercitations, whether designed for the use or entertainment of the world, there are none of so much importance, or so immediately our concern, as those which let us into the knowledge of our own nature. Others may exercise the understanding or amuse the imagination; but these only can improve the heart and form the human mind to wisdom.

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A lie has no legs, and cannot stand; but it has wings, and can fly far and wide.

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Without enthusiasm, the adventurer could never kindle that fire in his followers which is so necessary to consolidate their mutual interests; for no one can heartily deceive numbers who is not first of all deceived himself.

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