The corruption of the best things gives rise to the worst. – David Hume
Accuracy is, in every case, advantageous to beauty, and just reasoning to delicate sentiment. In vain would we exalt the one by depreciating the other. – 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
Scholastic learning and polemical divinity retarded the growth of all true knowledge. – David Hume