53 Insightful Quotes By David Hume, Philosopher Extraordinaire
Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty.
Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.
No man ever threw away life while it was worth keeping.
Reading and sauntering and lounging and dosing, which I call thinking, is my supreme Happiness.
Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions.
He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper, but he is more excellent who can suit his temper to his circumstance.
The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.
The truth springs from arguments amongst friends.
When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation which alone can secure them from the grossest absurdities.
Be a philosopher; but, amidst all your philosophy, be still a man.
It is an absurdity to believe that the Deity has human passions, and one of the lowest of human passions, a restless appetite for applause
...no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a kind, that its falsehood would be more miraculous, than the fact, which it endeavors to establish.
Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them.
Liberty of any kind is never lost all at once.
Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them
To be a philosophical Sceptic is the first and most essential step towards being a sound, believing Christian.
Any pride or haughtiness, is displeasing to us, merely because it shocks our own pride, and leads us by sympathy into comparison, which causes the disagreeable passion of humility.
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.
The identity that we ascribe to things is only a fictitious one, established by the mind, not a peculiar nature belonging to what we’re talking about.
The feelings of our heart, the agitation of our passions, the vehemence of our affections, dissipate all its conclusions, and reduce the profound philosopher to a mere plebeian
![The fact that different cultures have different practices no more refutes [moral] objectivism than the fact that water flows in different directions in different places refutes the law of gravity](https://www.wisdomly.net/images/quotes/david-hume-13979.jpg)
The fact that different cultures have different practices no more refutes [moral] objectivism than the fact that water flows in different directions in different places refutes the law of gravity
A wise man apportions his beliefs to the evidence.
A purpose, an intention, a design, strikes everywhere even the careless, the most stupid thinker.
In public affairs men are often better pleased that the truth, though known to everybody, should be wrapped up under a decent cover than if it were exposed in open daylight to the eyes of all the world.
To philosopher and historian the madness and imbecile wickedness of mankind ought to appear ordinary events.
Beauty in things exists in the mind that contemplates them.
It is possible for the same thing both to be and not to be.
Carelessness and in-attention alone can afford us any remedy. For this reason I rely entirely upon them.
Tis not unreasonable for me to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger.
![The bigotry of theologians [is] a malady which seems almost incurable.](https://www.wisdomly.net/images/quotes/david-hume-13970.jpg)
The bigotry of theologians [is] a malady which seems almost incurable.
