David Hume Top 10 Quotes
10 | Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty. |
9 | But the life of a man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster. |
8 | Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few. |
7 | That the sun will not rise tomorrow is no less intelligible a proposition, and implies no more contradiction, than the affirmation, that it will rise. |
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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. |
5 |
Art may make a suit of clothes; but nature must produce a man. |
4 |
The corruption of the best things gives rise to the worst. |
3 | A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence. |
2 | He is happy, whose circumstances suit his temper; but he is more excellent, who can suit his temper to any circumstances. |
1 | Be a philosopher; but, amidst all your philosophy, be still a man. |