Best David Hume Lines
- the senses alone are not implicitly to be depended on. We must correct their evidence by reason, and by considerations, derived from the nature of… Alone
- I am ready to reject all belief and reasoning, and can look upon no opinion even as more probable or likely than another. All
- If suicide be supposed a crime, it is only cowardice can impel us to it. If it be no crime, both prudence and courage should… All
- [A personÂ’s] utmost art and industry can never equal the meanest of nature's productions, either for beauty or value. Art
- When any opinion leads us into absurdities, 'tis certainly false; but 'tis not certain an opinion is false, because 'tis of dangerous consequence. Absurdities
- Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them. Beauty
- The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster. Greater
- He is happy whom circumstances suit his temper; but he Is more excellent who suits his temper to any circumstance. Any
- It's when we start working together that the real healing takes place... it's when we start spilling our sweat, and not our blood. Blood
- To hate, to love, to think, to feel, to see; all this is nothing but to perceive. All
- Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey… Action
- Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous. Dangerous
- The Christian religion not only was at first attended with miracles, but even at this day cannot be believed by any reasonable person without one. Any
- Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few. Easiness
- That the sun will not rise tomorrow is no less intelligible a proposition, and implies no more contradiction, than the affirmation, that it will rise. Affirmation
- I have written on all sorts of subjects... yet I have no enemies; except indeed all the Whigs, all the Tories, and all the Christians. All
- The corruption of the best things gives rise to the worst. Best
- A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence. Atheism
- A propensity to hope and joy is real riches; one to fear and sorrow real poverty. Anticipation
- A purpose, an intention, a design, strikes everywhere even the careless, the most stupid thinker. Careless
- To be a philosophical sceptic is, in a man of letters, the first and most essential to being a sound, believing Christian. Believe
- Scholastic learning and polemical divinity retarded the growth of all true knowledge. All
- Truth springs from argument amongst friends. Amongst
- Eloquence, at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection, but addresses itself entirely to the desires and affections, captivating the willing hearers,… Address
- Men often act knowingly against their interest. Act
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