Any pride or haughtiness, is displeasing to us, merely because it shocks our own pride, and leads us by sympathy into comparison, which causes the disagreeable passion of humility.
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A wise man apportions his beliefs to the evidence.
More David Hume Quotes
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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 feelings of our heart, the agitation of our passions, the vehemence of our affections, dissipate all its conclusions, and reduce the profound philosopher to a mere plebeian.
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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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Be a philosopher; but, amidst all your philosophy, be still a man.
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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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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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But the life of a man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.
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It is possible for the same thing both to be and not to be.
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The gazing populace receive greedily, without examination, whatever soothes superstition and promotes wonder.
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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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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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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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Tis not unreasonable for me to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger.
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