When men are the most sure and arrogant they are commonly the most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation and suspense which alone can secure them from the grossest absurdities. – David Hume
Custom, then, is the great guide of human life. – David Hume
Truth springs from argument amongst friends. – David Hume
Any person seasoned with a just sense of the imperfections of natural reason, will fly to revealed truth with the greatest avidity. – David Hume
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. – David Hume
The law always limits every power it gives. – David Hume
The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny. – David Hume
There is a very remarkable inclination in human nature to bestow on external objects the same emotions which it observes in itself, and to find every where those ideas which are most present to it. – David Hume
Philosophy would render us entirely Pyrrhonian, were not nature too strong for it. – David Hume
Human Nature is the only science of man and yet has been hitherto the most neglected. – David Hume
Men often act knowingly against their interest. – David Hume
Scholastic learning and polemical divinity retarded the growth of all true knowledge. – 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
The advantages found in history seem to be of three kinds, as it amuses the fancy, as it improves the understanding, and as it strengthens virtue. – David Hume
Every wise, just, and mild government, by rendering the condition of its subjects easy and secure, will always abound most in people, as well as in commodities and riches. – David Hume
Heaven and hell suppose two distinct species of men, the good and the bad. But the greatest part of mankind float betwixt vice and virtue. – David Hume
A propensity to hope and joy is real riches one to fear and sorrow real poverty. – David Hume
There is not to be found, in all history, any miracle attested by a sufficient number of men, of such unquestioned good sense, education and learning, as to secure us against all delusion in themselves. – David Hume
A purpose, an intention, a design, strikes everywhere even the careless, the most stupid thinker. – David Hume
