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title: "46 Reason Quotes By David Hume"
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> [No truth appears to me more evident than that beasts are endowed with thought and reason as well as men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hume/no-truth-appears-to-me-more-evident-than-that-beasts-are-endowed-with/)

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> [The rules of morality are not the conclusion of our reason.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hume/the-rules-of-morality-are-not-the-conclusion-of-our-reason/)

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> [It is not reason which is the guide of life, but custom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hume/it-is-not-reason-which-is-the-guide-of-life-but-custom/)

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> [Eloquence, when in its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hume/eloquence-when-in-its-highest-pitch-leaves-little-room-for-reason-or/)

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> [It is not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hume/it-is-not-contrary-to-reason-to-prefer-the-destruction-of-the-whole-2/)

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> [Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hume/reason-is-and-ought-only-to-be-the-slave-of-the-passions/)

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> [Any person seasoned with a just sense of the imperfections of natural reason, will fly to revealed truth with the greatest avidity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hume/any-person-seasoned-with-a-just-sense-of-the-imperfections-of-natural/)

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> [of the world and drudgery of business , seeks a pretense of reason to give itself a full and uncontrolled indulgence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hume/of-the-world-and-drudgery-of-business-seeks-a-pretense-of-reason-to/)

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> [Disbelief in futurity loosens in a great measure the ties of morality, and may be for that reason pernicious to the peace…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hume/disbelief-in-futurity-loosens-in-a-great-measure-the-ties-of-morality/)

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> [No conclusions can be more agreeable to scepticism than such as make discoveries concerning the weakness and narrow limits of human reason…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hume/no-conclusions-can-be-more-agreeable-to-scepticism-than-such-as-make/)

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> [Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hume/reason-is-and-ought-only-to-be-the-slave-of-the-passions-and-can/)

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> [Eloquence, at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection, but addresses itself entirely to the desires and affections, captivating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hume/eloquence-at-its-highest-pitch-leaves-little-room-for-reason-or/)

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> [Even after the observation of the frequent conjunction of objects, we have no reason to draw any inference concerning any object beyond…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hume/even-after-the-observation-of-the-frequent-conjunction-of-objects-we/)

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> [“A body of ten ounces raised in any scale may serve as a proof, that the counterbalancing weight exceeds ten ounces; but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hume/a-body-of-ten-ounces-raised-in-any-scale-may-serve-as-a-proof-that/)

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> [It is not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hume/it-is-not-contrary-to-reason-to-prefer-the-destruction-of-the-whole/)

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> [If we take in our hand any volume; of divinity or school metaphysics, for instance; let us ask, Does it contain any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hume/if-we-take-in-our-hand-any-volume-of-divinity-or-school-metaphysics/)

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> [When suicide is out of fashion we conclude that none but madmen destroy themselves; and all the efforts of courage appear chimerical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hume/when-suicide-is-out-of-fashion-we-conclude-that-none-but-madmen/)

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> [These arguments on each side (and many more might be produced) are so plausible, that I am apt to suspect, they may,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hume/these-arguments-on-each-side-and-many-more-might-be-produced-are-so/)

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> [On the theory of the soul's mortality, the inferiority of women's capacity is easily accounted for: Their domestic life requires no higher…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hume/on-the-theory-of-the-soul-s-mortality-the-inferiority-of-women-s/)

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> [The more tremendous the divinity is represented, the more tame and submissive do men become his ministers: And the more unaccountable the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hume/the-more-tremendous-the-divinity-is-represented-the-more-tame-and/)

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> [the senses alone are not implicitly to be depended on. We must correct their evidence by reason, and by considerations, derived from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hume/the-senses-alone-are-not-implicitly-to-be-depended-on-we-must-correct/)

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> [It must appear impossible, that theism could, from reasoning, have been the primary religion of human race, and have afterwards, by its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hume/it-must-appear-impossible-that-theism-could-from-reasoning-have-been/)

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> [“So that, upon the whole, we may conclude, that the Christian Religion not only was at first attended with miracles, but even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hume/so-that-upon-the-whole-we-may-conclude-that-the-christian-religion/)

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> [Tis evident that all reasonings concerning matter of fact are founded on the relation of cause and effect, and that we can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hume/tis-evident-that-all-reasonings-concerning-matter-of-fact-are-founded/)

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> [There has been a controversy started of late, much better worth examination, concerning the general foundation of Morals; whether they be derived…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hume/there-has-been-a-controversy-started-of-late-much-better-worth/)

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> [Reason, in a strict sense, as meaning the judgment of truth and falsehood, can never, of itself, be any motive to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hume/reason-in-a-strict-sense-as-meaning-the-judgment-of-truth-and/)

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> [“There is no method of reasoning more common, and yet none more blameable, than, in philosophical disputes, to endeavour the refutation of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hume/there-is-no-method-of-reasoning-more-common-and-yet-none-more/)

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> [For as to the dispersing of Books, that Circumstance does perhaps as much harm as good: Since Nonsense flies with greater Celerity,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hume/for-as-to-the-dispersing-of-books-that-circumstance-does-perhaps-as/)

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> [“This world, for aught he knows, is very faulty and imperfect, compared to a superior standard; and was only the first rude…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hume/this-world-for-aught-he-knows-is-very-faulty-and-imperfect-compared/)

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> [In all ages of the world, priests have been enemies to liberty; and it is certain, that this steady conduct of theirs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hume/in-all-ages-of-the-world-priests-have-been-enemies-to-liberty-and-it/)

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> [Morals excite passions, and produce or prevent actions. Reason of itself is utterly impotent in this particular. The rules of morality, therefore,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hume/morals-excite-passions-and-produce-or-prevent-actions-reason-of/)

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> [Nothing is more dangerous to reason than the flights of the imagination and nothing has been the occasion of more mistakes among…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hume/nothing-is-more-dangerous-to-reason-than-the-flights-of-the/)

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> [It seems then, say I, that you leave politics entirely out of the question, and never suppose, that a wise magistrate can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hume/it-seems-then-say-i-that-you-leave-politics-entirely-out-of-the/)

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> [An established government has an infinite advantage, by that very circumstance of its being established--the bulk of mankind being governed by authority,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hume/an-established-government-has-an-infinite-advantage-by-that-very/)

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> [The difference between a man who is led by opinion or emotion and one who is led by reason. The former, whether…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hume/the-difference-between-a-man-who-is-led-by-opinion-or-emotion-and-one/)

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> [Accurate and just reasoning is the only catholic remedy, fitted for all persons and all dispositions; and is alone able to subvert…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hume/accurate-and-just-reasoning-is-the-only-catholic-remedy-fitted-for/)

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> [Friendship is a calm and sedate affection, conducted by reason and cemented by habit; springing from long acquaintance and mutual obligations, without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hume/friendship-is-a-calm-and-sedate-affection-conducted-by-reason-and/)

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> [As every inquiry which regards religion is of the utmost importance, there are two questions in particular which challenge our attention, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hume/as-every-inquiry-which-regards-religion-is-of-the-utmost-importance/)

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> [“Here then we are first to consider a book, presented to us by a barbarous and ignorant people, written in an age…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hume/here-then-we-are-first-to-consider-a-book-presented-to-us-by-a/)

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> [We have no other notion of cause and effect, but that of certain objects, which have always conjoin'd together, and which in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hume/we-have-no-other-notion-of-cause-and-effect-but-that-of-certain/)

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## More by David Hume

> [“Beauty in things exists in the mind that contemplates them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hume/beauty-in-things-exists-in-the-mind-that-contemplates-them/)

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> [“It is impossible for us to think of any thing, which we have not antecedently felt, either by our external or internal senses.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hume/it-is-impossible-for-us-to-think-of-any-thing-which-we-have-not/)

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> [All morality depends upon our sentiments; and when any action or quality of the mind pleases us after a certain manner we say it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hume/all-morality-depends-upon-our-sentiments-and-when-any-action-or/)

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> [And indeed nothing but the most determined scepticism, along with a great degree of indolence, can justify this aversion to metaphysics. For if truth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hume/and-indeed-nothing-but-the-most-determined-scepticism-along-with-a/)

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> [...virtue is attended by more peace of mind than vice, and meets with a more favourable reception from the world. I am sensible, that,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hume/virtue-is-attended-by-more-peace-of-mind-than-vice-and-meets-with-a/)

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> [That the sun will not rise tomorrow is no less intelligible a proposition, and implies no more contradiction, than the affirmation, that it will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hume/that-the-sun-will-not-rise-tomorrow-is-no-less-intelligible-a/)

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> [We may conclude, therefore, that, in order to establish laws for the regulation of property, we must be acquainted with the nature and situation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hume/we-may-conclude-therefore-that-in-order-to-establish-laws-for-the/)

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