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Some Quotes by David Hume
- All the sciences have a relation, greater or less, to human nature; and...however wide any of them may seem to run from it, they still…
- While Newton seemed to draw off the veil from some of the mysteries of nature, he showed at the same time the imperfections of the…
- .. that which renders morality an active principle and constitutes virtue our happiness, and vice our misery: it is probable, I say, that this final…
- 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,…
- 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…
- A man acquainted with history may, in some respect, be said to have lived from the beginning of the world, and to have been making…
- How can we satisfy ourselves without going on in infinitum? And, after all, what satisfaction is there in that infinite progression? Let us remember the…
- Human happiness seems to consist in three ingredients; action, pleasure and indolence. And though these ingredients ought to be mixed in different proportions, according to…
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- Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason… — Aristotle
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- What annoys the hell out of me is the arrogance of some people. They don't even listen to our music, they decided… — Billie Joe Armstrong
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