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
In ancient times, bodily strength and dexterity, being of greater use and importance in war, was also much more esteemed and valued,… — David Hume Copy Share Image
..all arguments concerning existence are founded on the relation of cause and effect; that our knowledge of that relation is derived entirely… — 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
The supposition that the future resembles the past, is not founded on arguments of any kind, but is derived entirely from habit. — David Hume Copy Share Image
Avarice, or the desire of gain, is a universal passion which operates at all times, at all places, and upon all persons. — David Hume Copy Share Image
“There are instances, indeed, wherein men shew a vanity in resembling a great man in his countenance, shape, air, or other minute… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Mankind are so much the same, in all times and places, that history informs us of nothing new or strange in this… — David Hume Copy Share Image
I know with certainty, that [an honest man] is not to put his hand into the fire, and hold it there, till… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Enthusiasm produces the most cruel disorders in human society; but its fury is like that of thunder and tempest, which exhaust themselves… — David Hume Copy Share Image
An infinite number of real parts of time, passing in succession, and exhausted one after another, appears so evident a contradiction, that… — David Hume Copy Share Image
If ... the past may be no Rule for the future, all Experience becomes useless and can give rise to no Inferences… — 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
![“I know with certainty, that [an honest man] is not to put his hand into the fire, and hold it there, till it be consumed: And thisevent, I think I can foretell with the same assurance, as that, if he throw himself out at the window, and meet with no obstruction, he will not remain a moment…” quote by David Hume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/164/david-hume-538_air_i-know-with-certainty-that-an-honest-man_2459313.jpg)
