All sentiment is right; because sentiment has a reference to nothing beyond itself, and is always real, wherever a man is conscious of it.
DAVID HUMEWhen 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.
More David Hume Quotes
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He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper, but he is more excellent who can suit his temper to his circumstance.
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It is difficult for a man to speak long of himself without vanity.
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Liberty of any kind is never lost all at once
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Revolutions of government cannot be effected by the mere force of argument and reasoning.
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No man ever threw away life while it was worth keeping.
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Reading and sauntering and lounging and dosing, which I call thinking, is my supreme Happiness.
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The fact that different cultures have different practices no more refutes [moral] objectivism than the fact that water flows in different directions in different places refutes the law of gravity.
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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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The gazing populace receive greedily, without examination, whatever soothes superstition and promotes wonder.
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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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Men’s views of things are the result of their understanding alone. Their conduct is regulated by their understanding, their temper, and their passions.
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Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.
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The bigotry of theologians is a malady which seems almost incurable.
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But the greatest part of mankind float between vice and virtue.
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Be a philosopher; but, amidst all your philosophy, be still a man.
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