« All Appearance Quotes · David Hume's Page
Appearance Quotes by David Hume
- Where ambition can cover its enterprises, even to the person himself, under the appearance of principle, it is the most incurable and inflexible of passions
- In all matters of opinion and science ... the difference between men is ... oftener found to lie in generals than in particulars; and to…
- In all determinations of morality, this circumstance of public utility is ever principally in view; and wherever disputes arise, either in philosophy or common life,…
- 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…
- 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,…
- All that belongs to human understanding, in this deep ignorance and obscurity, is to be sceptical, or at least cautious, and not to admit of…
More Appearance Quotes
- It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has been recorded… — Hannah Arendt
- The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. — Aristotle
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world. — Aristotle
- I would not suggest the U.S. should sit down with the North Koreans bilaterally immediately after they've fired missiles - because the… — Richard Armitage
- Every silver lining has a cloud. — Mary Kay Ash
- Clothes and manners do not make the man; but when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance. — Henry Ward Beecher
- Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot… — Saint Augustine
- Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast. — Jane Austen
- High-level, big-deal publicity has a way of getting old for me, but what never fails to thrill me is when I make… — Joseph Barbera
- I then realized my appearance was a bit odd. My right leg was no longer with me. It had caught somewhere in… — Douglas Bader
- Women should try to increase their size rather than decrease it, because I believe the bigger we are, the more space we'll… — Roseanne Barr