Philosophy would render us entirely Pyrrhonian, were not nature too strong for it.

Quote by David Hume

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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...

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

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

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...

I have written on all sorts of subjects... yet I have no enemies; except indeed...

I have written on all sorts of subjects... yet I have no enemies; except indeed...

I may venture to affirm the rest of mankind, that they are nothing but a...

I may venture to affirm the rest of mankind, that they are nothing but a...

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...

The law always limits every power it gives.

The law always limits every power it gives.

A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.

A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.

It is not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to...

It is not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to...

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

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

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...

Custom is the great guide to human life.

Custom is the great guide to human life.

And what is the greatest number? Number one.

And what is the greatest number? Number one.

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.

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...

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...

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 rules of morality are not the conclusion of our reason.

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

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...