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To philosophers and historians, the madness and imbecile wickedness of mankind ought to appear ordinary events.
David HumeDavid Hume A wise man apportions his beliefs to the evidence.
David HumeDavid Hume If subjects must never resist, it follows that every prince, without any effort, policy, or violence, is at once rendered absolute and uncontrollable.
David HumeDavid Hume All knowledge degenerates into probability.
David HumeDavid Hume no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a kind, that its falsehood would be more miraculous, than the fact, which it endeavors to establish.
David HumeDavid Hume The Crusades – the most signal and most durable monument of human folly that has yet appeared in any age or nation.
David HumeDavid Hume Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions.
David HumeDavid Hume Men’s views of things are the result of their understanding alone. Their conduct is regulated by their understanding, their temper, and their passions.
David HumeDavid Hume There is nothing to be learnt from a Professor, which is not to be met with in Books.
David HumeDavid Hume It is, therefore, a just political maxim, that every man must be supposed a knave.
David HumeDavid Hume It is, therefore, a just political maxim, that every man must be supposed a knave.
David HumeDavid Hume Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.
David HumeDavid Hume But the life of a man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.
David HumeDavid Hume To be a philosophical Sceptic is the first and most essential step towards being a sound, believing Christian.
David HumeDavid Hume The truth springs from arguments amongst friends.
David HumeDavid Hume When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation which alone can secure them from the grossest absurdities.
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