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
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
There is a set of harmless liars, frequently to be met with in company, who deal much in the marvellous. Their usual… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Examine the religious principles which have, in fact, prevailed in the world, and you will scarcely be persuaded that they are anything… — David Hume Copy Share Image
All the sciences have a relation, greater or less, to human nature; and...however wide any of them may seem to run from… — 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 affords a violent prejudice against almost every science, that no prudent man, however sure of his principles, dares prophesy concerning any… — David Hume Copy Share Image
We make allowance for a certain degree of selfishness in men; because we know it to be inseparable from human nature, and… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Municipal laws are a supply to the wisdom of each individual; and, at the same time, by restraining the natural liberty of… — 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
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
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
It is a great mortification to the vanity of man, that his utmost art and industry can never equal the meanest of… — David Hume Copy Share Image
The slaving Poor are incapable of any Principles: Gentlemen may be converted to true Principles, by Time and Experience. The middling Rank… — David Hume Copy Share Image
But I would still reply, that the knavery and folly of men are such common phenomena, that I should rather believe the… — 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
The difference between a man who is led by opinion or emotion and one who is led by reason. The former, whether… — 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
In all matters of opinion and science ... the difference between men is ... oftener found to lie in generals than in… — David Hume Copy Share Image
A wise man's kingdom is his own breast: or, if he ever looks farther, it will only be to the judgment of… — David Hume Copy Share Image
I cannot but bless the memory of Julius Caesar, for the great esteem he expressed for fat men and his aversion to… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Learning has been as great a Loser by being shut up in Colleges and Cells, and secluded from the World and good… — 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
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
...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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“The most perfect happiness, surely, must arise from the contemplation of the most perfect object.” — David Hume Copy Share Image
