David Hume Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“Beauty, whether moral or natural, is felt, more properly than perceived.”

“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.”

“It is not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger.”

“The law always limits every power it gives.”

“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.”

“Custom is the great guide to human life.”

“Nothing endears so much a friend as sorrow for his death. The pleasure of his company has not so powerful an influence.”

“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.”

“Human Nature is the only science of man; and yet has been hitherto the most neglected.”

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