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The corruption of the best things gives rise to the worst.

The corruption of the best things gives rise to the worst.

David Hume
Philosophical, Giving, Corruption
David Hume (1957). “The Natural History of Religion”, p.51, Stanford University Press

That the corruption of the best thing produces the worst, is grown into a maxim, and is commonly proved, among other instances, by the pernicious effects of superstition and enthusiasm, the corruptions of true religion.

David Hume
Enthusiasm, Superstitions, Corruption
David Hume, Knud Haakonssen (1994). “Hume: Political Essays”, p.46, Cambridge University Press

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