Andrew Michael Ramsay Quotes

United Kingdom, Writer
July 9, 1686 – May, 6, 1743.

Andrew Michael Ramsay FRS, commonly called the Chevalier Ramsay, was a Scottish-born writer who lived most of his adult life in France. He was a Baronet in the Jacobite Peerage.

Custom, which diminishes the intense, increases the moderate, pleasures.

Andrew Michael Ramsay
- Intense
- Pleasures
- Custom
Passions are like storms which, full of present mischief, serve to purify the atmosphere.

Andrew Michael Ramsay
- Passions
- Mischief
- Purify

The source of Pyrrhonism comes from failing to distinguish between a demonstration, a proof and a probability. A demonstration supposes that the contradictory idea is impossible; a proof of fact is where all the reasons lead to belief, without there being any pretext for doubt; a probability is where the reasons for belief are stronger than those for doubting.

Andrew Michael Ramsay
Life is a race; desire the goal.

Andrew Michael Ramsay
- Life
- Desire
- Goal
Great events are the hour-hands of time, while small events mark the minutes.

Andrew Michael Ramsay
- Time
- Events
- Minutes