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David Hume Quotes
	The advantages found in history seem to be of three kinds, as it amuses the fancy, as it improves the understanding, and as it strengthens virtue. David Hume Vote on this Quote: Bad <---> Good
	Type: Philosopher Quotes Category: Scottish Philosopher Quotes Date of Birth: May 7, 1711 Date of Death: August 25, 1776 Nationality: Scottish Amazon: David Hume on Amazon	Related Authors: Aristotle Bertrand Russell Blaise Pascal Francis Bacon Friedrich Nietzsche George Santayana Plato Thomas Carlyle
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Quote Keywords: Advantages, Fancy, Found, History, Improves, Kinds, Seem, Strengthens, Three, Understanding, Virtue	Dictionary Links: Fancy, Found, History, Seem, Three, Understanding, Virtue

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