I may venture to affirm the rest of mankind, that they are nothing but a bundle or collection of different perceptions, which succeed each other with an inconceivable rapidity, and are in a perpetual flux and movement.

Quote by David Hume

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The chief benefit, which results from philosophy, arises in an indirect manner, and proceeds more...

The chief benefit, which results from philosophy, arises in an indirect manner, and proceeds more...

There is no They, Only Us.

There is no They, Only Us.

No testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a...

No testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a...

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...

Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principals.

Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principals.

Men often act knowingly against their interest.

Men often act knowingly against their interest.

There is not to be found, in all history, any miracle attested by a sufficient...

There is not to be found, in all history, any miracle attested by a sufficient...

Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never...

Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never...

The many instances of forged miracles, and prophecies, and supernatural events, which, in all ages,...

The many instances of forged miracles, and prophecies, and supernatural events, which, in all ages,...

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...

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,...

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;...

A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.

A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.

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...

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...

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

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

No advantages in this world are pure and unmixed.

No advantages in this world are pure and unmixed.

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...

Avarice, the spur of industry.

Avarice, the spur of industry.

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.