I am sensible, that, in order to make a man a good cavaller, 'tis not sufficient to teach him to ride; he must have a good horse.
Empiricism, skepticism
Of the Original Contract (Essays, Moral, Political, and Literary)
1748 (first published), 1777 (final edition)
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