David Hume Quotes
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Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.
David Hume
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Author Details:
Type:
Philosopher Quotes
Category:
Scottish Philosopher Quotes
Date of Birth:
May 7, 1711
Date of Death:
August 25, 1776
Nationality:
Scottish
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Select David Hume Quotations:
It is not reason which is the guide of life, but custom.
David Hume
The law always limits every power it gives.
David Hume
And what is the greatest number? Number one.
David Hume
Everything in the world is purchased by labor.
David Hume
Custom is the great guide to human life.
David Hume
A man acquainted with history may, in some respect, be said to have lived from the beginning of the world, and to have been making continual additions to his stock of knowledge in every century.
David Hume
It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once.
David Hume
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Quote Keywords:

Dangerous,
Errors,
Generally,
Only,
Philosophy,
Religion,
Ridiculous,
Speaking,
Those
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Dangerous,
Generally,
Only,
Philosophy,
Religion,
Ridiculous,
Speaking,
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All David Hume Quotations:
A man acquainted with history may...
A propensity to hope and joy...
A purpose, an intention, a design...
A wise man proportions his belief...
Accuracy is, in every case, advantageous...
And what is the greatest number...
Any person seasoned with a just...
Avarice, the spur of industry.
Be a philosopher but, amid all...
Beauty in things exists in the...
Beauty is no quality in things...
Beauty, whether moral or natural, is...
Belief is nothing but a more...
Character is the result of a...
Custom is the great guide to...
Eloquence, at its highest pitch, leaves...
Every wise, just, and mild government...
Everything in the world is purchased...
Generally speaking, the errors in religion are...
He is happy whom circumstances suit...
Heaven and hell suppose two distinct...
Human Nature is the only science...
I have written on all sorts...
It is a just political maxim...
It is not contrary to reason...
It is not reason which is...
It is seldom that liberty of...
It's when we start working together...
Men are much oftener thrown on...
Men often act knowingly against their interest.
No advantages in this world are...
No testimony is sufficient to establish...
Nothing endears so much a friend...
Nothing is more surprising than the...
Philosophy would render us entirely Pyrrhonian, were...
Reason is, and ought only to...
Scholastic learning and polemical divinity retarded the...
That the sun will not rise...
The advantages found in history seem...
The chief benefit, which results from philosophy...
The Christian religion not only was...
The corruption of the best things...
The heights of popularity and patriotism...
The law always limits every power...
The life of man is of...
The rules of morality are not...
There is a very remarkable inclination...
There is not to be found...
This avidity alone, of acquiring goods...
To be a philosophical sceptic is...
To hate, to love, to think...
Truth springs from argument amongst friends.
What a peculiar privilege has this...
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