David Hume Quotes
I cannot but bless the memory of Julius Caesar, for the great esteem he expressed for fat men and his aversion to lean ones.
Citations
Hume, David. The Letters of David Hume, edited by J.Y.T. Greig, vol. 1, Clarendon Press, 1932, p. 175.
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