Quote by David Hume
When men are the most sure and arrogant they are commonly the most

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

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This avidity alone, of acquiring goods and possessions for ourselves and our nearest friends, is insatiable, perpetual, universal, and directly destructive of society. – David Hume

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Any person seasoned with a just sense of the imperfections of natural reason, will fly to revealed truth with the greatest avidity. – David Hume

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It is the dull man who is always sure, and the sure man who is always dull. – H. L. Mencken

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In these matters the only certainty is that there is nothing certain. – Pliny The Elder

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A womans guess is much more accurate than a mans certainty. – Rudyard Kipling

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To be uncertain is to be uncomfortable, but to be certain is to be ridiculous. – Chinese Proverb

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