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Accuracy is, in every case, advantageous to beauty, and just reasoning to delicate sentiment. In vain would we exalt the one by depreciating the other.
David Hume
David Hume
David Hume
Born: Jul 7, 1711
Died: Aug 25, 1776

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Beauty, Sentiment, Every, Vain, Other, Would, Exalt, Case, Delicate, Accuracy, Just, Reasoning

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