A wise man apportions his beliefs to the evidence.
DAVID HUMEIt is possible for the same thing both to be and not to be.
More David Hume Quotes
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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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The gazing populace receive greedily, without examination, whatever soothes superstition and promotes wonder.
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No man ever threw away life while it was worth keeping.
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A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature.
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The science of man is the only solid foundation for the other sciences.
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It is difficult for a man to speak long of himself without vanity.
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The bigotry of theologians is a malady which seems almost incurable.
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What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call ‘thought’
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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.
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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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Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them
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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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Reading and sauntering and lounging and dosing, which I call thinking, is my supreme Happiness.
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To philosophers and historians, the madness and imbecile wickedness of mankind ought to appear ordinary events.
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Be a philosopher; but, amidst all your philosophy, be still a man.
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