Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them
DAVID HUMEBe a philosopher; but, amidst all your philosophy, be still a man.
More David Hume Quotes
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To philosophers and historians, the madness and imbecile wickedness of mankind ought to appear ordinary events.
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Liberty of any kind is never lost all at once
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Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions.
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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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We should never know how to adjust means to ends, or to employ our natural powers in the production of any effect. There would be an end at once of all action, as well as of the chief part of speculation.
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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.
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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 bigotry of theologians is a malady which seems almost incurable.
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All knowledge degenerates into probability.
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Heaven and Hell suppose two distinct species of men, the good and bad.
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A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature.
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A purpose, an intention, a design, strikes everywhere even the careless, the most stupid thinker.
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The victory is not gained by the men at arms, who manage the pike and the sword; but by the trumpeters, drummers, and musicians of the army.
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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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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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