Quotes by : David Hume

A propensity to hope and joy is real riches one to fear and sorrow real poverty.

Heaven and hell suppose two distinct species of men, the good and the bad. But the greatest part of mankind....

To be a philosophical Sceptic is the first and most essential step towards being a sound, believing Christian.....

We choose our favourite author as we do our friend, from a conformity of humour and disposition. Mirth....

Every wise, just, and mild government, by rendering the condition of its subjects easy and secure, will....

Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.

A body of ten ounces raised in any scale may serve as a proof, that the counterbalancing weight exceeds....

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

If my life be not my own, it were criminal for me to put it in danger, as well as to dispose of it; nor....

The most unhappy of all men is he who believes himself to be so.