A purpose, an intention, a design, strikes everywhere the careless, the most stupid thinker

Quote by David Hume

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In public affairs men are often better pleased that the truth, though known to everybody,...

In public affairs men are often better pleased that the truth, though known to everybody,...

Beauty is no quality in things themselves. It exists merely in the mind which contemplates...

Beauty is no quality in things themselves. It exists merely in the mind which contemplates...

Truth springs from argument amongst friends.

Truth springs from argument amongst friends.

A man acquainted with history may, in some respect, be said to have lived from...

A man acquainted with history may, in some respect, be said to have lived from...

A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence

A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence

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

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

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...

Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.

Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.

There is no They, Only Us.

There is no They, Only Us.

Everything in the world is purchased by labor

Everything in the world is purchased by labor

But I would still reply, that the knavery and folly of men are such common...

But I would still reply, that the knavery and folly of men are such common...

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'.

Men often act knowingly against their interest.

Men often act knowingly against their interest.

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...

Heaven and hell suppose two distinct species of men, the good and the bad. But...

Heaven and hell suppose two distinct species of men, the good and the bad. But...

Custom is the great guide to human life

Custom is the great guide to human life

Custom is the great guide to human life.

Custom is the great guide to human life.

That the sun will not rise to-morrow is no less intelligible a proposition, and implies...

That the sun will not rise to-morrow is no less intelligible a proposition, and implies...

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,...

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...