"It is certain that the easy and obvious……" — David Hume

"It is certain that the easy and obvious philosophy will always, with the generality of mankind, have preference above the accurate."

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216 Quotes by David Hume

David Hume has 216 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

All the sciences have a relation, greater or less, to human nature; and...however wide any of them may seem to…
Where ambition can cover its enterprises, even to the person himself, under the appearance of principle, it is the most…
Your corn is ripe today; mine will be so tomorrow. 'Tis profitable for us both, that I should labour with…
Your corn is ripe today, mine will be so tomorrow. 'Tis profitable for us both that I should labor with…
Look round this universe. What an immense profusion of beings, animated and organized, sensible and active! You admire this prodigious…
I do not have enough faith to believe there is no god.
God is an ever-present spirit guiding all that happens to a wise and holy end.
Nothing indeed can be a stronger presumption of falsehood than the approbation of the multitude.
The many instances of forged miracles, and prophecies, and supernatural events, which, in all ages, have either been detected by…
All this creative power of the mind amounts to no more than the faculty of compounding, transposing, augmenting, or diminishing…
To consider the matter aright, reason is nothing but a wonderful and unintelligible instinct in our souls, which carries us…
Tis evident that all reasonings concerning matter of fact are founded on the relation of cause and effect, and that…

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More Accurate Quotes

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All photographs are accurate. None of them is the truth. — Richard Avedon
In artillery exercises, women always win because they're more accurate. — Michelle Bachelet
Numbers are the product of counting. Quantities are the product of measurement. This means that numbers can conceivably be accurate… — Gregory Bateson
To give an accurate and exhaustive account of that period would need a far less brilliant pen than mine. — Max Beerbohm
An accurate knowledge of the past of a country is necessary for everyone who would understand its present, and who… — Annie Besant
I move on stage differently. The more you act, anyway, the more you live, your perception of life becomes more… — Juliette Binoche
Trust in yourself. Your perceptions are often far more accurate than you are willing to believe. — Claudia Black
Simply stated, the need for accurate intelligence and prescient analysis from CIA has never been greater than it is in… — John O. Brennan
Americans need accurate information in order to consider Social Security reform. Too bad the media can't be counted upon to… — Herman Cain
My public caricature - that of a self-confident alpha male - is only partly accurate. — Alastair Campbell
Black people don't have an accurate idea of their history, which has been either suppressed or distorted. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I try never to focus on the radio, just find great songs, find emotion and just write the best songs… — Gary Allan

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