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~ David Hume Quotes ~
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David Hume Quotes


A Scottish philosopher, historian, economist, and essayist, known especially for his philosophical empiricism and skepticism.
David Hume (7 May 1711 [26 April O.S.] – 25 August 1776) was a Scottish philosopher, historian, economist, and essayist, known especially for his philosophical empiricism and skepticism. He is regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of Western philosophy and the Scottish Enlightenment. Hume is often grouped with John Locke, George Berkeley, and a handful of others as a British Empiricist.

Here are some famous quotes by David Hume.




Be a philosopher but amid all your philosophy be still a man.

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

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He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper; but he is more excellent who suits his temper to any circumstances.

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« Reply #3 on: April 16, 2014, 04:47:30 PM »
Learning has been [a] great loser by being shut up in colleges and cells and secluded from the world and good company.

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« Reply #4 on: April 16, 2014, 04:48:55 PM »
He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper; but he is more excellent who can suit his temper to any circumstances.

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« Reply #5 on: April 16, 2014, 04:49:31 PM »
I am ready to reject all belief and reasoning and can look upon no opinion even as more probable or likely than another.

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« Reply #6 on: April 16, 2014, 04:50:09 PM »
Nothing is pure and entire of a piece. All advantages are attended with disadvantages. A universal compensation prevails in all conditions of being and existence.