Eloquence, at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection, but addresses itself entirely to the desires and affections, captivating the willing hearers,
There is not to be found, in all history, any miracle attested by a sufficient number of men, of such unquestioned good sense, education and
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
That the sun will not rise tomorrow is no less intelligible a proposition, and implies no more contradiction, than the affirmation, that it will rise.
Men are much oftener thrown on their knees by the melancholy than by the agreeable passions.
The chief benefit, which results from philosophy, arises in an indirect manner, and proceeds more from its secret, insensible influence, than from its immediate application.
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