There is no They, Only Us.

Quote by David Hume

Topics: Mankind Quotes

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The sweetest and most inoffensive path of life leads through the avenues of science and...

The sweetest and most inoffensive path of life leads through the avenues of science and...

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...

Everything in the world is purchased by labor.

Everything in the world is purchased by labor.

And what is the greatest number? Number one.

And what is the greatest number? Number one.

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...

Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principals.

Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principals.

Custom is the great guide to human life.

Custom is the great guide to human life.

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

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

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...

A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence

A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence

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

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

Eloquence, at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection, but addresses itself...

Eloquence, at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection, but addresses itself...

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...