The corruption of the best things gives rise to the worst.

Quote by David Hume

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Avarice, the spur of industry.

Avarice, the spur of industry.

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

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

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...

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'.

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

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

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

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

Everything in the world is purchased by labor

Everything in the world is purchased by labor

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.

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...

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...

A man acquainted with history may, in some respect, be said to have lived from...

A man acquainted with history may, in some respect, be said to have lived from...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.

Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.

Human Nature is the only science of man; and yet has been hitherto the most...

Human Nature is the only science of man; and yet has been hitherto the most...

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...

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...