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Hope springs eternal in the human breast; Man never is, but always to be blessed.
An Essay on Man · 1733
Principia · 1687
A state without some means of change is without the means of its own conservation.
Reflections on the Revolution in France · 1790
Pensees · 1662
Candide · 1759
Make the Revolution a parent of settlement, and not a nursery of future revolutions.
Reflections on the Revolution in France · 1790
A Treatise of Human Nature · 1739
The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, And wretches hang that jurymen may dine.
The Rape of the Lock · 1714
Nature never makes excellent things for mean or no uses.
An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding · 1690
Principia · 1713
Custom, then, is the great guide of human life.
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding · 1748
Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.
The Wealth of Nations · 1776
An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding · 1690