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David Hume quotes: The ages of greatest public spirit are not always eminent for private virtue. The ages of greatest public spirit are not always eminent for private virtue.
David Hume quotes: The richest genius, like the most fertile soil, when uncultivated, shoots up into the rankest weeds. The richest genius, like the most fertile soil, when uncultivated, shoots up into the rankest weeds.
David Hume quotes: The advantages found in history seem to be of three kinds, as it amuses the fancy, as it improves the understanding, and as it strengthens virtue. The advantages found in history seem to be of three kinds, as it amuses the fancy, as it improves the understanding, and as it strengthens virtue.
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. I cannot but bless the memory of Julius Caesar, for the great esteem he expressed for fat men and his aversion to lean ones.
David Hume quotes: It is a certain rule that wit and passion are entirely incompatible. When the affections are moved, there is no place for the imagination. It is a certain rule that wit and passion are entirely incompatible. When the affections are moved, there is no place for the imagination.
David Hume quotes: A propensity to hope and joy is real riches; one to fear and sorrow real poverty. A propensity to hope and joy is real riches; one to fear and sorrow real poverty.
David Hume quotes: Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty. Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty.
David Hume quotes: Apart from the representational content of an idea there is another component: its force and vivacity, its impetus. Apart from the representational content of an idea there is another component: its force and vivacity, its impetus.
David Hume quotes: Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principals. Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principals.
David Hume quotes: The bigotry of theologians [is] a malady which seems almost incurable. The bigotry of theologians [is] a malady which seems almost incurable.
David Hume quotes: That the sun shines tomorrow is a judgement that is as true as the contrary judgement. That the sun shines tomorrow is a judgement that is as true as the contrary judgement.
David Hume quotes: Philosophy would render us entirely Pyrrhonian, were not nature too strong for it. Philosophy would render us entirely Pyrrhonian, were not nature too strong for it.
David Hume quotes: Anything that is conceivable is possible. Anything that is conceivable is possible.
David Hume quotes: All inferences from experience ... are effects of custom, not of reasoning. All inferences from experience ... are effects of custom, not of reasoning.
David Hume quotes: Men are much oftener thrown on their knees by the melancholy than by the agreeable passions. Men are much oftener thrown on their knees by the melancholy than by the agreeable passions.
David Hume quotes: It is still open for me, as well as you, to regulate my behavior, by my experience of past events. It is still open for me, as well as you, to regulate my behavior, by my experience of past events.
David Hume quotes: Avarice, or the desire of gain, is a universal passion which operates at all times, at all places, and upon all persons. Avarice, or the desire of gain, is a universal passion which operates at all times, at all places, and upon all persons.
David Hume quotes: Be a philosopher; but, amidst all your philosophy, be still a man. Be a philosopher; but, amidst all your philosophy, be still a man.
David Hume quotes: It is not reason which is the guide of life, but custom. It is not reason which is the guide of life, but custom.
David Hume quotes: I never asserted such an absurd thing as that things arise without a cause. I never asserted such an absurd thing as that things arise without a cause.
David Hume quotes: [A] planet, wholly inhabited by spiders, (which is very possible) [A] planet, wholly inhabited by spiders, (which is very possible)
David Hume quotes: Nothing indeed can be a stronger presumption of falsehood than the approbation of the multitude. Nothing indeed can be a stronger presumption of falsehood than the approbation of the multitude.
David Hume quotes: Belief is nothing but a more vivid, lively, forcible, firm, steady conception of an object, than what the imagination alone is ever able to attain. Belief is nothing but a more vivid, lively, forcible, firm, steady conception of an object, than what the imagination alone is ever able to attain.
David Hume quotes: When I hear that a man is religious, I conclude he is a rascal! When I hear that a man is religious, I conclude he is a rascal!
David Hume quotes: Avarice, the spur of industry. Avarice, the spur of industry.
David Hume quotes: To have recourse to the veracity of the supreme Being, in order to prove the veracity of our senses, is surely making a very unexpected circuit. To have recourse to the veracity of the supreme Being, in order to prove the veracity of our senses, is surely making a very unexpected circuit.
David Hume quotes: Human Nature is the only science of man; and yet has been hitherto the most neglected. Human Nature is the only science of man; and yet has been hitherto the most neglected.
David Hume quotes: No conclusion can be more agreable to scepticism than such as make discoveries concerning the weakness and narrow limites of human reason and capacity No conclusion can be more agreable to scepticism than such as make discoveries concerning the weakness and narrow limites of human reason and capacity
David Hume quotes: Morals and criticism are not so properly objects of the understanding as of taste and sentiment. Morals and criticism are not so properly objects of the understanding as of taste and sentiment.
David Hume quotes: The simplest and most obvious cause which can there be assigned for any phenomena, is probably the true one. The simplest and most obvious cause which can there be assigned for any phenomena, is probably the true one.
David Hume quotes: Luxury is a word of uncertain signification, and may be taken in a good as in a bad sense Luxury is a word of uncertain signification, and may be taken in a good as in a bad sense
David Hume quotes: Fine writing, according to Mr. Addison, consists of sentiments which are natural without being obvious. Fine writing, according to Mr. Addison, consists of sentiments which are natural without being obvious.
David Hume quotes: In all ages of the world, priests have been enemies of liberty. In all ages of the world, priests have been enemies of liberty.
David Hume quotes: The great end of all human industry is the attainment of happiness The great end of all human industry is the attainment of happiness
David Hume quotes: I have written on all sorts of subjects ... yet I have no enemies; except indeed all the Whigs, all the Tories, and all the Christians. I have written on all sorts of subjects ... yet I have no enemies; except indeed all the Whigs, all the Tories, and all the Christians.
David Hume quotes: Carelessness and in-attention alone can afford us any remedy. For this reason I rely entirely upon them. Carelessness and in-attention alone can afford us any remedy. For this reason I rely entirely upon them.
David Hume quotes: It is an absurdity to believe that the Deity has human passions, and one of the lowest of human passions, a restless appetite for applause It is an absurdity to believe that the Deity has human passions, and one of the lowest of human passions, a restless appetite for applause
David Hume quotes: But it is a miracle that a dead man should come to life; because that has never been observed in any age or country. But it is a miracle that a dead man should come to life; because that has never been observed in any age or country.
David Hume quotes: (On belief in miracles) - The gazing populace receive greedily, without examination, whatever soothes superstition and promotes wonder. (On belief in miracles) - The gazing populace receive greedily, without examination, whatever soothes superstition and promotes wonder.
David Hume quotes: A purpose, an intention, a design, strikes everywhere even the careless, the most stupid thinker. A purpose, an intention, a design, strikes everywhere even the careless, the most stupid thinker.
David Hume quotes: Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous. Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.
David Hume quotes: It's seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once. It's seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once.
David Hume quotes: Self-denial is a monkish virtue. Self-denial is a monkish virtue.
David Hume quotes: Praise never gives us much pleasure unless it concur with our own opinion, and extol us for those qualities in which we chiefly excel. Praise never gives us much pleasure unless it concur with our own opinion, and extol us for those qualities in which we chiefly excel.
David Hume quotes: Never literary attempt was more unfortunate than my Treatise of Human Nature. It fell dead-born from the press. Never literary attempt was more unfortunate than my Treatise of Human Nature. It fell dead-born from the press.
David Hume quotes: [priests are] the pretenders to power and dominion, and to a superior sanctity of character, distinct from virtue and good morals. [priests are] the pretenders to power and dominion, and to a superior sanctity of character, distinct from virtue and good morals.
David Hume quotes: Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions. Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions.
David Hume quotes: Mohammed praises [instances of] tretchery, inhumanity, cruelty, revenge, and bigotry that are utterly incompatible with civilized society. Mohammed praises [instances of] tretchery, inhumanity, cruelty, revenge, and bigotry that are utterly incompatible with civilized society.
David Hume quotes: What would become of history, had we not a dependence on the veracity of the historian, according to the experience, what we have had of mankind? What would become of history, had we not a dependence on the veracity of the historian, according to the experience, what we have had of mankind?
David Hume quotes: Heaven and Hell suppose two distinct species of men,the Good and the Bad.But the greatest part of mankind float betwixt vice and virtue. Heaven and Hell suppose two distinct species of men,
the Good and the Bad.
But the greatest part of mankind float betwixt vice and virtue.
David Hume quotes: All power, even the most despotic, rests ultimately on opinion. All power, even the most despotic, rests ultimately on opinion.
David Hume quotes: That the sun will not rise tomorrow is no less intelligible a proposition, and implies no more contradiction, than the affirmation, that it will rise. That the sun will not rise tomorrow is no less intelligible a proposition, and implies no more contradiction, than the affirmation, that it will rise.
David Hume quotes: [R]evolutions of government cannot be effected by the mere force of argument and reasoning; [R]evolutions of government cannot be effected by the mere force of argument and reasoning;
David Hume quotes: Time is a perishable commodity. Time is a perishable commodity.
David Hume quotes: It is possible for the same thing both to be and not to be. It is possible for the same thing both to be and not to be.
David Hume quotes: And what is the greatest number? Number one. And what is the greatest number? Number one.
David Hume quotes: Habit may lead us to belief and expectation but not to the knowledge, and still less to the understanding, of lawful relations. Habit may lead us to belief and expectation but not to the knowledge, and still less to the understanding, of lawful relations.
David Hume quotes: The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster. The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.
David Hume quotes: God is an ever-present spirit guiding all that happens to a wise and holy end. God is an ever-present spirit guiding all that happens to a wise and holy end.
David Hume quotes: I do not have enough faith to believe there is no god. I do not have enough faith to believe there is no god.
David Hume quotes: Liberty of thinking, and of expressing our thoughts, is always fatal to priestly power, and to those pious frauds on which it is commonly founded. Liberty of thinking, and of expressing our thoughts, is always fatal to priestly power, and to those pious frauds on which it is commonly founded.
David Hume quotes: Interest is the barometer of the state ... Interest is the barometer of the state ...
David Hume quotes: This question depends upon the definition of the word, Nature, than which there is none more ambiguous and equivocal. This question depends upon the definition of the word, Nature, than which there is none more ambiguous and equivocal.
David Hume quotes: There is no such thing as freedom of choice unless there is freedom to refuse. There is no such thing as freedom of choice unless there is freedom to refuse.
David Hume quotes: A wise man apportions his beliefs to the evidence. A wise man apportions his beliefs to the evidence.
David Hume quotes: The supposition that the future resembles the past, is not founded on arguments of any kind, but is derived entirely from habit. The supposition that the future resembles the past, is not founded on arguments of any kind, but is derived entirely from habit.
David Hume quotes: No advantages in this world are pure and unmixed. No advantages in this world are pure and unmixed.
David Hume quotes: In this sullen apathy neither true wisdom nor true happiness can be found. In this sullen apathy neither true wisdom nor true happiness can be found.
David Hume quotes: A man posing for a painting. A man posing for a painting.
David Hume quotes: It is certain that the easy and obvious philosophy will always, with the generality of mankind, have preference above the accurate. It is certain that the easy and obvious philosophy will always, with the generality of mankind, have preference above the accurate.
David Hume quotes: Of all sciences there is none where first appearances are more deceitful than in politics. Of all sciences there is none where first appearances are more deceitful than in politics.
David Hume quotes: Mankind are always found prodigal both of blood and treasure in the maintenance of public justice. Mankind are always found prodigal both of blood and treasure in the maintenance of public justice.
David Hume quotes: Reading and sauntering and lounging and dosing, which I call thinking, is my supreme Happiness. Reading and sauntering and lounging and dosing, which I call thinking, is my supreme Happiness.
David Hume quotes: Everything in the world is purchased by labor. Everything in the world is purchased by labor.
David Hume quotes: The victory is not gained by the men at arms, who manage the pike and the sword; but by the trumpeters, The victory is not gained by the men at arms, who manage the pike and the sword; but by the trumpeters,
David Hume quotes: Thomas Hobbes's politics are fitted only to promote tyranny, and his ethics to encourage licentiousness. Thomas Hobbes's politics are fitted only to promote tyranny, and his ethics to encourage licentiousness.
David Hume quotes: That a rule, which, in speculation, may seem the most advantageous to society, may yet be found, in practice, totally pernicious and destructive. That a rule, which, in speculation, may seem the most advantageous to society, may yet be found, in practice, totally pernicious and destructive.
David Hume quotes: The identity that we ascribe to things is only a fictitious one, established by the mind, not a peculiar nature belonging to what we're talking about. The identity that we ascribe to things is only a fictitious one, established by the mind, not a peculiar nature belonging to what we're talking about.
David Hume quotes: Tis not unreasonable for me to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger. Tis not unreasonable for me to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger.
David Hume quotes: Poets themselves, tho' liars by profession, always endeavour to give an air of truth to their fictions ... Poets themselves, tho' liars by profession, always endeavour to give an air of truth to their fictions ...
David Hume quotes: He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper, but he is more excellent who can suit his temper to his circumstance. He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper, but he is more excellent who can suit his temper to his circumstance.
David Hume quotes: [A person's] utmost art and industry can never equal the meanest of nature's productions, either for beauty or value. [A person's] utmost art and industry can never equal the meanest of nature's productions, either for beauty or value.
David Hume quotes: To philosopher and historian the madness and imbecile wickedness of mankind ought to appear ordinary events. To philosopher and historian the madness and imbecile wickedness of mankind ought to appear ordinary events.
David Hume quotes: The truth springs from arguments amongst friends. The truth springs from arguments amongst friends.
David Hume quotes: Uncommon expressions are a disfigurement rather than an embellishment of discourse. Uncommon expressions are a disfigurement rather than an embellishment of discourse.
David Hume quotes: The great subverter of Pyrrhonism or the excessive principles of scepticism is action, and employment, and the occupations of common life. The great subverter of Pyrrhonism or the excessive principles of scepticism is action, and employment, and the occupations of common life.
David Hume quotes: Eloquence, when in its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection. Eloquence, when in its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection.
David Hume quotes: From causes which appear similar, we expect similar effects. This is the sum total of all our experimental conclusions. From causes which appear similar, we expect similar effects. This is the sum total of all our experimental conclusions.
David Hume quotes: To hate, to love, to think, to feel, to see; all this is nothing but to perceive. To hate, to love, to think, to feel, to see; all this is nothing but to perceive.
David Hume quotes: Judgments. A mistake, therefore, of right may become a species Judgments. A mistake, therefore, of right may become a species
David Hume quotes: There is nothing to be learnt from a Professor, which is not to be met with in Books. There is nothing to be learnt from a Professor, which is not to be met with in Books.
David Hume quotes: It is difficult for a man to speak long of himself without vanity. It is difficult for a man to speak long of himself without vanity.
David Hume quotes: The most pernicious of all taxes are the arbitrary. The most pernicious of all taxes are the arbitrary.
David Hume quotes: Great pleasures are much less frequent than great pains. Great pleasures are much less frequent than great pains.
David Hume quotes: Grief and disappointment give rise to anger, anger to envy, envy to malice, and malice to grief again, till the whole circle be completed. Grief and disappointment give rise to anger, anger to envy, envy to malice, and malice to grief again, till the whole circle be completed.
David Hume quotes: Obtruded on us by the Scottish historians. [* Chron. Sax. p. 19.] [** W. Malms, p. 19.] Obtruded on us by the Scottish historians. [* Chron. Sax. p. 19.] [** W. Malms, p. 19.]
David Hume quotes: The corruption of the best things gives rise to the worst. The corruption of the best things gives rise to the worst.
David Hume quotes: The Roman Catholic Index of Prohibited Books, a list that came to include almost every significant work of post-medieval Western philosophy. The Roman Catholic Index of Prohibited Books, a list that came to include almost every significant work of post-medieval Western philosophy.
David Hume quotes: The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny. The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny.
David Hume quotes: Scholastic learning and polemical divinity retarded the growth of all true knowledge. Scholastic learning and polemical divinity retarded the growth of all true knowledge.

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