Revolutions of government cannot be effected by the mere force of argument and reasoning.
DAVID HUMEWhere am I, or what? From what causes do I derive my existence, and to what condition shall I return?
More David Hume Quotes
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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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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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We make allowance for a certain degree of selfishness in men; because we know it to be inseparable from human nature, and inherent in our frame and constitution. By this reflexion we correct those sentiments of blame, which so naturally arise upon any opposition.
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Liberty of any kind is never lost all at once
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Tis not unreasonable for me to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger.
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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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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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All knowledge degenerates into probability.
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Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them.
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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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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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The identity that we ascribe to things is only a fictitious one, established by the mind, not a peculiar nature belonging to what we’re talking about.
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It is, therefore, a just political maxim, that every man must be supposed a knave.
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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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