Men are much oftener thrown on their knees by the melancholy than by the agreeable passions. — David Hume Copy Share Image
A little philosophy makes a man an Atheist: a great deal converts him to religion — David Hume Copy Share Image
No truth appears to me more evident than that beasts are endowed with thought and reason as well as men. — David Hume Copy Share Image
Happy the man whom indulgent fortune allows to pay to virtue what he owes to nature, and to make a generous gift… — David Hume Copy Share Image
When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation which alone… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Do you come to a philosopher as to a cunning man, to learn something by magic or witchcraft, beyond what can be… — David Hume Copy Share Image
There is not to be found, in all history, any miracle attested by a sufficient number of men, of such unquestioned good… — David Hume Copy Share Image
It is harder to avoid censure than to gain applause; for this may be done by one great or wise action in… — David Hume Copy Share Image
One would appear ridiculous who would say, that it is only probable the sun will rise to-morrow, or that all men must… — David Hume Copy Share Image
In public affairs men are often better pleased that the truth, though known to everybody, should be wrapped up under a decent… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Heaven and hell suppose two distinct species of men, the good and the bad. But the greatest part of mankind float betwixt… — David Hume Copy Share Image
We may observe that, in displaying the praises of any humane, beneficent man, there is one circumstance which never fails to be… — David Hume Copy Share Image
It is evident, from their method of propagation, that a couple of cats, in fifty years, would stock a whole kingdom; and… — David Hume Copy Share Image
It seems certain, that though a man, in a flush of humour, after intense reflection on the many contradictions and imperfections of… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Methinks I am like a man, who having struck on many shoals, and having narrowly escap'd shipwreck in passing a small frith,… — David Hume Copy Share Image
The proper office of religion is to regulate the heart of men, humanize their conduct, infuse the spirit of temperance, order, andobedience;… — David Hume Copy Share Image
[The sceptic] must acknowledge, if he will acknowledge any thing, that all human life must perish, were his principles to prevail.All discourse,… — David Hume Copy Share Image
The imagination of man is naturally sublime, delighted with whatever is remote and extraordinary, and running, without control, into the most distant… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Riches are valuable at all times, and to all men, because they always purchase pleasures such as men are accustomed to and… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Truth is disputable; not taste: what exists in the nature of things is the standard of our judgement; what each man feels… — David Hume Copy Share Image
When anyone tells me that he saw a dead man restored to life, I immediately consider with myself whether it be more… — David Hume Copy Share Image
A man who has cured himself of all ridiculous prepossessions, and is fully, sincerely, and steadily convinced, from experience as well as… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Were a man, whom I know to be honest and opulent, and with whom I live in intimate friendship, to come into… — David Hume Copy Share Image
If nature has been frugal in her gifts and endowments, there is the more need of art to supply her defects. If… — David Hume Copy Share Image
But, historians, and even common sense, may inform us, that, however specious these ideas of perfect equality may seem, they are really,… — David Hume Copy Share Image
For as to the dispersing of Books, that Circumstance does perhaps as much harm as good: Since Nonsense flies with greater Celerity,… — David Hume Copy Share Image
The best taxes are such as are levied upon consumptions, especially those of luxury; because such taxes are least felt by the… — David Hume Copy Share Image
A delicacy of taste is favorable to love and friendship, by confining our choice to few people, and making us indifferent to… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Berkeley , Hume, Kant , Fichte , Hegel , James , Bergson all are united in one earnest attempt, the attempt to… — David Hume Copy Share Image
In a vain man, the smallest spark may kindle into the greatest flame, because the materials are always prepared for it. — David Hume Copy Share Image
In our reasonings concerning matter of fact, there are all imaginable degrees of assurance, from the highest certainty to the lowest species… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Though men of delicate taste be rare, they are easily to be distinguished in society by the soundness of their understanding, and… — David Hume Copy Share Image
“It is impossible for us to think of any thing, which we have not antecedently felt, either by our external or internal senses.” — David Hume Copy Share
All morality depends upon our sentiments; and when any action or quality of the mind pleases us after a certain manner we say it… — David Hume Copy Share
And indeed nothing but the most determined scepticism, along with a great degree of indolence, can justify this aversion to metaphysics. For if truth… — David Hume Copy Share
...virtue is attended by more peace of mind than vice, and meets with a more favourable reception from the world. I am sensible, that,… — David Hume Copy Share
That the sun will not rise tomorrow is no less intelligible a proposition, and implies no more contradiction, than the affirmation, that it will… — David Hume Copy Share
We may conclude, therefore, that, in order to establish laws for the regulation of property, we must be acquainted with the nature and situation… — David Hume Copy Share
The observation of human blindness and weakness is the result of all philosophy, and meets us at every turn, in spite of our endeavours… — David Hume Copy Share
The religious hypothesis, therefore, must be considered only as a particular method of accounting for the visible phenomena of the universe: but no just… — David Hume Copy Share
Manufacturers...gradually shift their places, leaving those countries and provinces which they have already enriched, and flying to others, whether they are allured by the… — David Hume Copy Share
We may observe that, in displaying the praises of any humane, beneficent man, there is one circumstance which never fails to be amply insisted… — David Hume Copy Share
“The most perfect happiness, surely, must arise from the contemplation of the most perfect object.” — David Hume Copy Share
“They all make up new species of crime and bring unhappiness in their train. When I hear a man is religious , I conclude… — David Hume Copy Share
There is not to be found, in all history, any miracle attested by a sufficient number of men, of such unquestioned good sense, education… — David Hume Copy Share
“But though there be naturally a wide difference in point of delicacy between one person and another, nothing tends further to encrease and improve… — David Hume Copy Share
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