"When men are most sure and arrogant they……" — David Hume
"When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken."
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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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I never went to university. I'm self-educated. I didn't go because I was too impatient, too arrogant.
— John Banville
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No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.
— Simone de Beauvoir
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Not trying to be arrogant, but if I walked down the street and a girl saw me, she might take…
— Justin Bieber
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I don't expect people to get me. That would be quite arrogant. I think there are a lot of people…
— Bjork
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It is not an arrogant government that chooses priorities, it's an irresponsible government that fails to choose.
— Tony Blair
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Brian Cox is the nicest guy, but he's so arrogant.
— Danny Boyle
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If America is too arrogant, too prideful to repent, it's not the kind of country that God wants it to…
— Tony Campolo
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I was a controversial figure on my reservation when I was a kid. I was mouthy and opinionated and arrogant.…
— Sherman Alexie
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Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead.…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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I don't believe in talking about my work. I let it speak for itself. I'd rather make money than just…
— Shailender Singh
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Microsoft has gotten so big that it can put out a Preview that will install itself without checking first to…
— Jerry Pournelle
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If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant.
— Sun Tzu
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