Beauty, whether moral or natural, is felt, more properly than perceived.

Quote by David Hume

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

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

Avarice, the spur of industry.

Avarice, the spur of industry.

He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper but he is more excellent who can...

He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper but he is more excellent who can...

It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once.

It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once.

The sweetest and most inoffensive path of life leads through the avenues of science and...

The sweetest and most inoffensive path of life leads through the avenues of science and...

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...

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

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

Custom is the great guide to human life

Custom is the great guide to human life

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...

Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the...

Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the...

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.

Avarice, the spur of industry

Avarice, the spur of industry

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...

It is a just political maxim, that every man must be supposed a knave.

It is a just political maxim, that every man must be supposed a knave.

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...

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...

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'.

Be a philosopher but, amid all your philosophy be still a man.

Be a philosopher but, amid all your philosophy be still a man.

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

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

It's when we start working together that the real healing takes place... it's when we...

It's when we start working together that the real healing takes place... it's when we...