The many instances of forged miracles, and prophecies, and supernatural events, which, in all ages, have either been detected by contrary evidence, or which detect themselves by their absurdity, prove sufficiently the strong propensity of mankind to

Quote by David Hume

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Nothing endears so much a friend as sorrow for his death. The pleasure of his...

Nothing endears so much a friend as sorrow for his death. The pleasure of his...

Belief is nothing but a more vivid, lively, forcible, firm, steady conception of an object,...

Belief is nothing but a more vivid, lively, forcible, firm, steady conception of an object,...

He is happy whom circumstances suit his temper; but he Is more excellent who suits...

He is happy whom circumstances suit his temper; but he Is more excellent who suits...

The rules of morality are not the conclusion of our reason.

The rules of morality are not the conclusion of our reason.

It is not reason which is the guide of life, but custom.

It is not reason which is the guide of life, but custom.

Accuracy is, in every case, advantageous to beauty, and just reasoning to delicate sentiment. In...

Accuracy is, in every case, advantageous to beauty, and just reasoning to delicate sentiment. In...

Any person seasoned with a just sense of the imperfections of natural reason, will fly...

Any person seasoned with a just sense of the imperfections of natural reason, will fly...

Everything in the world is purchased by labor

Everything in the world is purchased by labor

Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.

Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.

There is a very remarkable inclination in human nature to bestow on external objects the...

There is a very remarkable inclination in human nature to bestow on external objects the...

Every wise, just, and mild government, by rendering the condition of its subjects easy and...

Every wise, just, and mild government, by rendering the condition of its subjects easy and...

The law always limits every power it gives.

The law always limits every power it gives.

Eloquence, at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection, but addresses itself...

Eloquence, at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection, but addresses itself...

Scholastic learning and polemical divinity retarded the growth of all true knowledge.

Scholastic learning and polemical divinity retarded the growth of all true knowledge.

Philosophy would render us entirely Pyrrhonian, were not nature too strong for it.

Philosophy would render us entirely Pyrrhonian, were not nature too strong for it.

What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call 'thought'.

What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call 'thought'.

Everything in the world is purchased by labor.

Everything in the world is purchased by labor.

To be a philosophical sceptic is, in a man of letters, the first and most...

To be a philosophical sceptic is, in a man of letters, the first and most...

The advantages found in history seem to be of three kinds, as it amuses the...

The advantages found in history seem to be of three kinds, as it amuses the...

The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of...

The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of...