He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper, but he is more excellent who can suit his temper to his circumstance.
DAVID HUMEHow can we satisfy ourselves without going on in infinitum? And, after all, what satisfaction is there in that infinite progression?
More David Hume Quotes
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There is nothing to be learnt from a Professor, which is not to be met with in Books.
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But the life of a man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.
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When suicide is out of fashion we conclude that none but madmen destroy themselves.
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Epicurus’s old questions are still unanswered: Is he (God) willing to prevent evil, but not able? then he is impotent. Is he able, but not willing? then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? then whence evil?
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A wise man apportions his beliefs to the evidence.
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Revolutions of government cannot be effected by the mere force of argument and reasoning.
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The science of man is the only solid foundation for the other sciences.
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Liberty of any kind is never lost all at once
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But the greatest part of mankind float between vice and virtue.
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Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.
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I weigh the one miracle against the other and according to the superiority which I discover, I pronounce my decision.
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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.
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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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Nothing is more usual than for philosophers to encroach upon the province of grammarians; and to engage in disputes of words, while they imagine that they are handling controversies of the deepest importance and concern
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Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them
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