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David Hume Quotes

«It is not reason which is the guide of life, but custom.»
«All that belongs to human understanding, in this deep ignorance and obscurity, is to be skeptical, or at least cautious; and not to admit of any hypothesis, whatsoever; much less, of any which is supported by no appearance of probability»
«Everything in the world is purchased by labor»
«The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny; flattery to treachery; standing armies to arbitrary government; and the glory of God to the temporal interest of the clergy.»
«It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once.»
«The rules of morality are not the conclusion of our reason»
«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»
«Truth springs from argument amongst friends.»
«Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principals.»
«The sweetest and most inoffensive path of life leads through the avenues of science and learning; and whoever can either remove any obstruction in this way, or open up any new prospect, ought, so far, to be esteemed a benefactor to mankind»

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