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

Quote by David Hume

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When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to...

When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to...

Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.

Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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 corruption of the best things gives rise to the worst.

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

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 law always limits every power it gives.

The law always limits every power it gives.

Custom is the great guide to human life.

Custom is the great guide to human life.

Men often act knowingly against their interest.

Men often act knowingly against their interest.

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...