Quote by David Hume
Custom, then, is the great guide of human life. - David Hume

Custom, then, is the great guide of human life. – David Hume

Other quotes by 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

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A purpose, an intention, a design, strikes everywhere even the careless, the most stupid thinker. – David Hume

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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

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People do more from custom than from reason. – Source Unknown

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The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom. – Michel de Montaigne

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Nature is seldom in the wrong, custom always. – Mary Wortley Montagu

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The despotism of custom is everywhere the standing hindrance to human advancement. – John Stuart Mill

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