Absurdity Quote by David Hume

“When men are most sure and arrogant, they are commonly the most mistaken, and have then giver views to passion, without that proper deliberation…

— David Hume

Nothing can be more unphilosophical than to be positive or dogmatical on any subject; and even if excessive scepticism could be maintained it would…

— David Hume

When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken.

— David Hume

When we examine the opinions of men, we find that nothing is more uncommon, than common sense; or, in other words, they lack judgment…

— Baron d'Holbach

Men are often biased in their judgment on account of their sympathy and their interests.

— Anonymous

Passion often renders the most clever man a fool, and sometimes renders the most foolish man clever.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Passion often makes a fool of the cleverest man and often makes the most foolish men clever

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

All men are, at times, influenced by inexplicable sentiments. Ideas haunt them in spite of all their efforts to discard them. Prepossessions are entertained,…

— Charles Brockden Brown

Men experience many passions in a lifetime. One passion drives away the one before it.

— Paul Newman

In the long run my observations have convinced me that some men, reasoning preposterously, first establish some conclusion in their minds which, either because…

— Galileo Galilei

All men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it.

— John Locke