The truth springs from arguments amongst friends.
DAVID HUMEIf subjects must never resist, it follows that every prince, without any effort, policy, or violence, is at once rendered absolute and uncontrollable.
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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Tis not unreasonable for me to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger.
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The gazing populace receive greedily, without examination, whatever soothes superstition and promotes wonder.
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Be a philosopher; but, amidst all your philosophy, be still a man.
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No man ever threw away life while it was worth keeping.
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There is nothing to be learnt from a Professor, which is not to be met with in Books.
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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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The science of man is the only solid foundation for the other sciences.
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The bigotry of theologians is a malady which seems almost incurable.
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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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It is, therefore, a just political maxim, that every man must be supposed a knave.
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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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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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Heaven and Hell suppose two distinct species of men, the good and bad.
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