In public affairs men are often better pleased that the truth, though known to everybody, should be wrapped up under a decent cover than if it were exposed in open daylight to the eyes of all the world.
DAVID HUMEWhere am I, or what? From what causes do I derive my existence, and to what condition shall I return?
More David Hume Quotes
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Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them
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Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty.
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Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.
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Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions.
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All sentiment is right; because sentiment has a reference to nothing beyond itself, and is always real, wherever a man is conscious of it.
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How can we satisfy ourselves without going on in infinitum? And, after all, what satisfaction is there in that infinite progression?
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A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature.
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It is, therefore, a just political maxim, that every man must be supposed a knave.
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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
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Any pride or haughtiness, is displeasing to us, merely because it shocks our own pride, and leads us by sympathy into comparison, which causes the disagreeable passion of humility.
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Where am I, or what? From what causes do I derive my existence, and to what condition shall I return?
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I never knew anyone, that examined and deliberated about nonsense, who did not believe it before the end of his enquiries.
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The science of man is the only solid foundation for the other sciences.
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Heaven and Hell suppose two distinct species of men, the good and bad.
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The feelings of our heart, the agitation of our passions, the vehemence of our affections, dissipate all its conclusions, and reduce the profound philosopher to a mere plebeian.
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