David Hume Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

12 Famous Quotes by David Hume
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“When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation which alone can secure them from the grossest absurdities”
Arrogance Quotes
“He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper but he is more excellent who can suit his temper to any circumstances”
Circumstances Quotes
“Custom is the great guide to human life”
Custom Quotes
“A purpose, an intention, a design, strikes everywhere the careless, the most stupid thinker”
Design Quotes
“Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.”
Literary Quotes
“He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper but he is more excellent who can suit his temper to any circumstances”
Temper Quotes
“If suicide be supposed a crime, it is only cowardice can impel us to it. If it be no crime, both prudence and courage should engage us to rid ourselves at once of existence when it becomes a burden. It is the only way that we can then be useful to society, by setting an example which, if imitated, would preserve every one his chance for happiness in life, and would effectually free him from all danger or misery.”
Suicide Quotes
Source: Essay on Suicide
“Where ambition can cover its enterprises, even to the person himself, under the appearance of principle, it is the most incurable and inflexible of passions.”
Inspirational Quotes
“It is seldom that any liberty is lost all at once.”
Politics / government Quotes
“The Christian religion not only was at first attended with miracles, but even at this day cannot be believed by any reasonable person without one.”
Christianity Quotes
“A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.”
Religion / beliefs Quotes
“Truth springs from argument amongst friends. -David Hume.”
Truth Quotes
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