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.
DAVID HUMEHe is happy whose circumstances suit his temper, but he is more excellent who can suit his temper to his circumstance.
More David Hume Quotes
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Be a philosopher; but, amidst all your philosophy, be still a man.
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A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature.
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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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I may venture to affirm of the rest of mankind, that they are nothing but a bundle or collection of different perceptions, which succeed each other with an inconceivable rapidity, and are in a perpetual flux and movement.
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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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As every inquiry which regards religion is of the utmost importance, there are two questions in particular which challenge our attention, to wit, that concerning its foundation in reason, and that concerning it origin in human nature.
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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 truth springs from arguments amongst friends.
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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 difficult for a man to speak long of himself without vanity.
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What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call ‘thought’
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It is, therefore, a just political maxim, that every man must be supposed a knave.
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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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To be a philosophical Sceptic is the first and most essential step towards being a sound, believing Christian.
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