Scottish - Philosopher | July 7, 1711 - August 25, 1776
There is a very remarkable inclination in human nature to bestow on external objects the same emotions which it observes in itself, and to find every where those ideas which are most present to it.
David Hume
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The law always limits every power it gives.
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What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call 'thought'.
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Truth springs from argument amongst friends.
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It is not reason which is the guide of life, but custom.
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Eloquence, at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection, but addresses itself entirely to the desires and affections, captivating the willing hearers, and subduing their understanding.
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The advantages found in history seem to be of three kinds, as it amuses the fancy, as it improves the understanding, and as it strengthens virtue.
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Accuracy is, in every case, advantageous to beauty, and just reasoning to delicate sentiment. In vain would we exalt the one by depreciating the other.
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The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.
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Avarice, the spur of industry.
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Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.
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The Christian religion not only was at first attended with miracles, but even at this day cannot be believed by any reasonable person without one.
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