Best David Hume Quotations
- .. that a rule, which, in speculation, may seem the most advantageous to society, may yet be found, in practice, totally pernicious and destructive. Advantageous
- But, historians, and even common sense, may inform us, that, however specious these ideas of perfect equality may seem, they are really, at bottom, impracticable;… Art
- We may conclude, therefore, that, in order to establish laws for the regulation of property, we must be acquainted with the nature and situation of… Acquainted
- Time is a perishable commodity. Commodity
- ... if you insist that the inference is made by a chain of reasoning, I desire you to produce that reasoning. The connection between the… All
- We find in the course of nature that though the effects be many, the principles from which they arise are commonly few and simple, and… Arise
- The supposition that the future resembles the past, is not founded on arguments of any kind, but is derived entirely from habit. Any
- ..all arguments concerning existence are founded on the relation of cause and effect; that our knowledge of that relation is derived entirely from experience; and… All
- And as this is the obvious appearance of things, it must be admitted, till some hypothesis be discovered, which by penetrating deeper into human nature,… Admitted
- The difference between a man who is led by opinion or emotion and one who is led by reason. The former, whether he will or… Account
- The simplest and most obvious cause which can there be assigned for any phenomena, is probably the true one. Any
- Such is the nature of novelty that where anything pleases it becomes doubly agreeable if new; but if it displeases, it is doubly displeasing on… Account
- It is a great mortification to the vanity of man, that his utmost art and industry can never equal the meanest of nature's productions, either… Art
- Disbelief in futurity loosens in a great measure the ties of morality, and may be for that reason pernicious to the peace of civil society. Belief
- For my part, when I enter most intimately into what I call myself, I always stumble on some particular perception or other, of heat or… Always Stumble
- The mind is a kind of theater, where several perceptions successively make their appearence; pass, re-pass, glide away, and mingle in an infinite variety of… Appearence
- No amount of observations of white swans can allow the inference that all swans are white, but the observation of a single black swan is… All
- The great end of all human industry is the attainment of happiness All
- It is harder to avoid censure than to gain applause. Applause
- It is seldom, that liberty of any kind is lost all at once. Slavery has so frightful an aspect to men accustomed to freedom, that… Accustomed
- I never asserted such an absurd thing as that things arise without a cause. Absurd
- Even after the observation of the frequent conjunction of objects, we have no reason to draw any inference concerning any object beyond those of which… Any
- Among well bred people a mutual deference is affected, contempt for others is disguised; authority concealed; attention given to each in his turn; and an… Affected
- Never literary attempt was more unfortunate than my Treatise of Human Nature. It fell dead-born from the press. Attempt
- It is more rational to suspect knavery and folly than to discount, at a stroke, everything that past experience has taught me about the way… Actually Work
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