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.
DAVID HUMEWhat a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call ‘thought’
More David Hume Quotes
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Where am I, or what? From what causes do I derive my existence, and to what condition shall I return?
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A wise man apportions his beliefs to the evidence.
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Be a philosopher; but, amidst all your philosophy, be still a man.
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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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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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A purpose, an intention, a design, strikes everywhere even the careless, the most stupid thinker.
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To philosophers and historians, the madness and imbecile wickedness of mankind ought to appear ordinary events.
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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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The science of man is the only solid foundation for the other sciences.
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It is possible for the same thing both to be and not to be.
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The bigotry of theologians is a malady which seems almost incurable.
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It is, therefore, a just political maxim, that every man must be supposed a knave.
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Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty.
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How can we satisfy ourselves without going on in infinitum? And, after all, what satisfaction is there in that infinite progression?
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