"The life of man is of no greater……" — David Hume
"The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster."
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216 Quotes by David Hume
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All the sciences have a relation, greater or less, to human nature; and...however wide any of them may seem to…
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Where ambition can cover its enterprises, even to the person himself, under the appearance of principle, it is the most…
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Your corn is ripe today; mine will be so tomorrow. 'Tis profitable for us both, that I should labour with…
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Your corn is ripe today, mine will be so tomorrow. 'Tis profitable for us both that I should labor with…
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Look round this universe. What an immense profusion of beings, animated and organized, sensible and active! You admire this prodigious…
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I do not have enough faith to believe there is no god.
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God is an ever-present spirit guiding all that happens to a wise and holy end.
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Nothing indeed can be a stronger presumption of falsehood than the approbation of the multitude.
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The many instances of forged miracles, and prophecies, and supernatural events, which, in all ages, have either been detected by…
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All this creative power of the mind amounts to no more than the faculty of compounding, transposing, augmenting, or diminishing…
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To consider the matter aright, reason is nothing but a wonderful and unintelligible instinct in our souls, which carries us…
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Tis evident that all reasonings concerning matter of fact are founded on the relation of cause and effect, and that…
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A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.
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It is a most certain truth, that the richer we see ourselves to be, confessing at the same time our…
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The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding.
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The more knowledge you have, the greater will be your fear of Allah.
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To fight against the infidels is Jihad; but to fight against your evil self is greater Jihad.
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Nothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being ill at ease with yourself.
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