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David Hume Quotes

David Hume quotes

Scottish Philosopher May 7, 1711 – August 25, 1776

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Your corn is ripe today; mine will be so tomorrow. 'Tis profitable for us both, that I should labour with you today, and that you should aid me tomorrow. I have no kindness for you, and know you have as little for me. I will not, therefore, take any pains upon your account; and should I labour with you upon my own account, in expectation of a return, I know I should be disappointed, and that I should in vain depend upon your gratitude. Here then I leave you to labour alone; You treat me in... David Hume
David Hume quote: "Reading and sauntering and lounging and dosing, which I call..."
Reading and sauntering and lounging and dosing, which I call thinking, is my supreme Happiness. David Hume
David Hume quote: "Nothing endears so much a friend as sorrow for his death. The..."
Nothing endears so much a friend as sorrow for his death. The pleasure of his company has not so powerful an influence. David Hume
David Hume quote: "He is happy whom circumstances suit his temper; but he Is more..."
He is happy whom circumstances suit his temper; but he Is more excellent who suits his temper to any circumstance. David Hume
David Hume quote: "He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper, but he is..."
He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper, but he is more excellent who can suit his temper to his circumstance. David Hume
David Hume quote: "Truth springs from argument amongst friends."
Truth springs from argument amongst friends. David Hume
David Hume quote: "The truth springs from arguments amongst friends."
The truth springs from arguments amongst friends. David Hume
David Hume quote: "Beauty, whether moral or natural, is felt, more properly than..."
Beauty, whether moral or natural, is felt, more properly than perceived. David Hume
Governments too steady and uniform, as they are seldom free, so are they, in the judgment of some attended with another sensible inconvenience: they abate the active powers of men; depress courage, invention, and genius; and produce a universal lethary in the people. David Hume
While Newton seemed to draw off the veil from some of the mysteries of nature, he showed at the same time the imperfections of the mechanical philosophy, so agreeable to the natural vanity and curiosity of men; and thereby restored her ultimate secrets to that obscurity, in which they ever did and ever will remain. David Hume
There is not to be found, in all history, any miracle attested by a sufficient number of men, of such unquestioned good sense, education and learning, as to secure us against all delusion in themselves. David Hume
Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty. David Hume
David Hume quote: "Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them."
Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them. David Hume
David Hume quote: "Beauty in things exists in the mind that contemplates them."
Beauty in things exists in the mind that contemplates them. David Hume
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. David Hume

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