David Hume Quotes

“A wise man apportions his beliefs to the evidence.”

“Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.”

“Epicurus's old questions are still unanswered: Is he (God) willing to prevent evil, but not able? then he is impotent. Is he able, but not willing? then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? then whence evil?”

“He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper, but he is more excellent who can suit his temper to his circumstance.”

“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.”

“Liberty of any kind is never lost all at once.”

“Reading and sauntering and lounging and dosing, which I call thinking, is my supreme Happiness.”

“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.”