Every wise, just, and mild government, by rendering the condition of its subjects easy and secure, will always abound most in people, as well as in commodities and riches.

Quote by David Hume

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

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

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,...

Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principals.

Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principals.

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...

Custom is the great guide to human life.

Custom is the great guide to human life.

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

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

Men often act knowingly against their interest.

Men often act knowingly against their interest.

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...

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...

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...

Truth springs from argument amongst friends.

Truth springs from argument amongst friends.

Beauty in things lies in the mind which contemplates them.

Beauty in things lies in the mind which contemplates them.

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.

Everything in the world is purchased by labor

Everything in the world is purchased by labor

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

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

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...

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'.

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

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

Everything in the world is purchased by labor.

Everything in the world is purchased by labor.

A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.

A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.