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

Quote by David Hume

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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...

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...

A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence

A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence

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...

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...

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...

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'.

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

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

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

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

Beauty in things lies in the mind which contemplates them.

Beauty in things lies in the mind which contemplates them.

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...

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...

Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principals.

Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principals.

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.

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,...

Custom is the great guide to human life

Custom is the great guide to human life

Truth springs from argument amongst friends.

Truth springs from argument amongst friends.

Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.

Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.

I have always known what I wanted, and that was beauty... in every form.

I have always known what I wanted, and that was beauty... in every form.

There is certainly no absolute standard of beauty. That precisely is what makes its pursuit...

There is certainly no absolute standard of beauty. That precisely is what makes its pursuit...

If you just learn a single trick, Scout, you'll get along a lot better with...

If you just learn a single trick, Scout, you'll get along a lot better with...