I never knew anyone, that examined and deliberated about nonsense, who did not believe it before the end of his enquiries.
DAVID HUME
If subjects must never resist, it follows that every prince, without any effort, policy, or violence, is at once rendered absolute and uncontrollable.
More David Hume Quotes
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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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He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper, but he is more excellent who can suit his temper to his circumstance.
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No man ever threw away life while it was worth keeping.
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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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The gazing populace receive greedily, without examination, whatever soothes superstition and promotes wonder.
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The science of man is the only solid foundation for the other sciences.
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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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The fact that different cultures have different practices no more refutes [moral] objectivism than the fact that water flows in different directions in different places refutes the law of gravity.
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Men’s views of things are the result of their understanding alone. Their conduct is regulated by their understanding, their temper, and their passions.
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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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Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them
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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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To be a philosophical Sceptic is the first and most essential step towards being a sound, believing Christian.
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If subjects must never resist, it follows that every prince, without any effort, policy, or violence, is at once rendered absolute and uncontrollable.
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It is possible for the same thing both to be and not to be.
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