Truth springs from argument amongst friends.

Quote by David Hume

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The law always limits every power it gives.

The law always limits every power it gives.

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...

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...

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.

Avarice, the spur of industry.

Avarice, the spur of industry.

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.

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...

The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of...

The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of...

The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny;...

The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny;...

But I would still reply, that the knavery and folly of men are such common...

But I would still reply, that the knavery and folly of men are such common...

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...

To hate, to love, to think, to feel, to see; all this is nothing but...

To hate, to love, to think, to feel, to see; all this is nothing but...

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...

Accuracy is, in every case, advantageous to beauty, and just reasoning to delicate sentiment. In...

Accuracy is, in every case, advantageous to beauty, and just reasoning to delicate sentiment. In...

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'.

Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never...

Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never...

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

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

Men often act knowingly against their interest.

Men often act knowingly against their interest.

Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principals.

Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principals.

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...