Henry Home
Henry Home
Henry Home, Lord Kameswas a Scottish advocate, judge, philosopher, writer and agricultural improver. A central figure of the Scottish Enlightenment, a founder member of the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh, and active in the Select Society, his protégés included David Hume, Adam Smith, and James Boswell...
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The difficulty is not that great to die for a friend, the hard part is finding a friend worth dying for.
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The truly generous is the truly wise, and he who loves not others lives unblest!
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Violent passions are formed in solitude. In the busy world no object has time to make a deep impression.
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Luxury may possibly contribute to give bread to the poor; but if there were no luxury, there would be no poor.