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Argument Quotes by David Hume
- A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature; and as a firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, the proof against a…
- There has been a controversy started of late, much better worth examination, concerning the general foundation of Morals; whether they be derived from Reason, or…
- These arguments on each side (and many more might be produced) are so plausible, that I am apt to suspect, they may, the one as…
- But in many orders of beauty, particularly those of the finer arts, it is requisite to employ much reasoning, in order to feel the proper…
- ... if you insist that the inference is made by a chain of reasoning, I desire you to produce that reasoning. The connection between the…
- The supposition that the future resembles the past, is not founded on arguments of any kind, but is derived entirely from habit.
- ..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…
- Truth springs from argument amongst friends.
More Argument Quotes
- I would be absolutely astounded if population growth and industrialisation and all the stuff we are pumping into the atmosphere hadn't changed… — David Attenborough
- If one of the arguments against eating meat is to do with cruelty and animal intelligence, then lab meat avoids that. There's… — Margaret Atwood
- Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony. — Jane Austen
- The strongest arguments prove nothing so long as the conclusions are not verified by experience. Experimental science is the queen of sciences… — Roger Bacon
- The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers. — Lord Acton
- Preaching is to much avail, but practice is far more effective. A godly life is the strongest argument you can offer the… — Hosea Ballou
- I don't believe it. Prove it to me and I still won't believe it. — Douglas Adams
- My wife was too beautiful for words, but not for arguments. — John Barrymore
- I come from an Italian family. One of the greatest and most profound expressions we would ever use in conversations or arguments… — Mario Batali
- It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them. — Pierre Beaumarchais
- Obama and the Democrats' preposterous argument is that we are just one more big tax increase away from solving our economic problems.… — Bob Beauprez
- A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side. — Joseph Addison