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.

Quote by David Hume

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Where ambition can cover its enterprises, even to the person himself, under the appearance of...

Where ambition can cover its enterprises, even to the person himself, under the appearance of...

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 law always limits every power it gives.

The law always limits every power it gives.

Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principals.

Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principals.

Avarice, the spur of industry.

Avarice, the spur of industry.

When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to...

When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to...

This avidity alone, of acquiring goods and possessions for ourselves and our nearest friends, is...

This avidity alone, of acquiring goods and possessions for ourselves and our nearest friends, is...

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,...

No advantages in this world are pure and unmixed.

No advantages in this world are pure and unmixed.

Men are much oftener thrown on their knees by the melancholy than by the agreeable...

Men are much oftener thrown on their knees by the melancholy than by the agreeable...

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...

The Christian religion not only was at first attended with miracles, but even at this...

The Christian religion not only was at first attended with miracles, but even at this...

A propensity to hope and joy is real riches; one to fear and sorrow real...

A propensity to hope and joy is real riches; one to fear and sorrow real...

Custom is the great guide to human life

Custom is the great guide to human life

The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny;...

The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny;...

Beauty in things lies in the mind which contemplates them.

Beauty in things lies in the mind which contemplates them.

Truth springs from argument amongst friends.

Truth springs from argument amongst friends.

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...

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...

Human Nature is the only science of man; and yet has been hitherto the most...

Human Nature is the only science of man; and yet has been hitherto the most...